New dmidecode uploaded to unstable
I've just uploaded a new version of dmidecode into unstable. It might
affect debian-installer, so you might want to keep an eye on the
issue. It changes the output format slightly. This is the reason I
have waited until after Etch was released with the upload, and also
the reason I warn about the new version. These are the release notes
for version 2.9:
dmidecode:
* Support of the SMBIOS 2.5 specification. It adds many enumerated
values for recent hardware, as well as CPU core and thread count
reporting.
* Decoding of 3 HP-specific entries. More vendor-specific entries can
be supported later if vendors contribute code or documentation.
* Runtime detection of EFI, so that a single binary can support
Intel-based Macintosh machines and regular x86 machines.
* Better IA-64 support.
* Fixes to the decoding of individual fields, including the CPU
signature of recent CPU models.
biosdecode:
* Support of the FJKEYINF entry point type (for Fujitsu laptops).
vpddecode:
* The product name lookup table was dropped. It was unreliable and a
burden to maintain.
general:
* biosdecode, ownership and vpddecode are no longer built on IA-64.
Friendly,
--
Petter Reinholdtsen
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