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    MIPS: Loongson64: Add /sys/firmware/lefi/boardinfo · 6c1bfbd9
    Tiezhu Yang authored
    Add /sys/firmware/lefi/boardinfo to get mainboard and BIOS info easily
    on the Loongson platform, this is useful to point out the current used
    mainboard type and BIOS version when there exists problems related with
    hardware or firmware.
    
    The related structures are already defined in the interface specification
    about firmware and kernel which are common requirement and specific for
    Loongson64, so only add a new boardinfo.c file in arch/mips/loongson64.
    
    E.g. with this patch:
    
    [loongson@linux ~]$ cat /sys/firmware/lefi/boardinfo
    Board Info
    Manufacturer            : LEMOTE
    Board Name              : LEMOTE-LS3A4000-7A1000-1w-V01-pc
    Family                  : LOONGSON3
    
    BIOS Info
    Vendor                  : Kunlun
    Version                 : Kunlun-A1901-V4.1.3-20200414093938
    ROM Size                : 4 KB
    Release Date            : 2020-04-14
    
    By the way, using dmidecode command can get the similar info if there
    exists SMBIOS in firmware, but the fact is that there is no SMBIOS on
    some machines, we can see nothing when execute dmidecode, like this:
    
    [root@linux loongson]# dmidecode
    # dmidecode 2.12
    # No SMBIOS nor DMI entry point found, sorry.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarTiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@loongson.cn>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarThomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@alpha.franken.de>
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