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The DSDT header contains the fields OEMID and OEM Table ID. See
for example ACPI specification 4.0a [1]
5.2.11.1 Differentiated System Description Table (DSDT)
on page 135. There Table 5-16 contains the descriptions.
Field Byte Length Byte Offset Description
===================================================
OEMID 6 10 OEM ID
OEM Table ID 8 16 The manufacture model ID.
Currently in coreboot there is no common method what to put in
these fields.
Mostly Intel based boards populate it with "CORE " ore "COREv4"
and AMD based boards populate it with the board vendor and
model number, abbreviated appropriately to fit into these fields.
On most boards the proprietary vendor BIOS seems to leave these
fields – displayed with `sudo dmidecode` under System Information –
blank
To Be Filled By O.E.M.
and fill out the Base Board Information with the board vendor and
model name.
In [2] Jens Rottmann argues that the this is really just the table
ID used for naming it and that »99% of the DSDT code is not board
specific«.
Both approaches seem to have their advantages, but using the
second one, developers often seem to forget to update them (for
example AMD Thather).
The current situation is at least not optimal. and therefore at
least unify the string in the OEM Table ID. If unifying the
OEM ID is also a good idea this should be done too.
If later on it should be decided that the board vendor and model
should be used again, this should be somehow derived from
Kconfig.
The following command was used for the change [3].
$ git grep -l '\/\* TABLE ID \*\/' | xargs sed -i '/TABLE ID/s/"\([^"]*\)"/"COREBOOT"/'
This patch is split out from [2].
[1] http://www.acpi.info/spec40a.htm
[2] http://review.coreboot.org/#/c/2464/
[3] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5207838/sed-regex-matching-text-between-to-double-quotes-when-a-certain-text-appears-i
Change-Id: Iec98c615ce37f928abc1b500eff5aa865d772cb2
Signed-off-by: Paul Menzel <paulepanter@users.sourceforge.net>
Reviewed-on: http://review.coreboot.org/2472
Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins)
Reviewed-by: Stefan Reinauer <stefan.reinauer@coreboot.org>
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- coreboot README ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- coreboot is a Free Software project aimed at replacing the proprietary BIOS (firmware) found in most computers. coreboot performs a little bit of hardware initialization and then executes additional boot logic, called a payload. With the separation of hardware initialization and later boot logic, coreboot can scale from specialized applications that run directly firmware, run operating systems in flash, load custom bootloaders, or implement firmware standards, like PC BIOS services or UEFI. This allows for systems to only include the features necessary in the target application, reducing the amount of code and flash space required. coreboot was formerly known as LinuxBIOS. Payloads -------- After the basic initialization of the hardware has been performed, any desired "payload" can be started by coreboot. See http://www.coreboot.org/Payloads for a list of supported payloads. Supported Hardware ------------------ coreboot supports a wide range of chipsets, devices, and mainboards. For details please consult: * http://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Motherboards * http://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Chipsets_and_Devices Build Requirements ------------------ * gcc / g++ * make Optional: * doxygen (for generating/viewing documentation) * iasl (for targets with ACPI support) * gdb (for better debugging facilities on some targets) * ncurses (for 'make menuconfig') * flex and bison (for regenerating parsers) Building coreboot ----------------- Please consult http://www.coreboot.org/Build_HOWTO for details. Testing coreboot Without Modifying Your Hardware ------------------------------------------------ If you want to test coreboot without any risks before you really decide to use it on your hardware, you can use the QEMU system emulator to run coreboot virtually in QEMU. Please see http://www.coreboot.org/QEMU for details. Website and Mailing List ------------------------ Further details on the project, a FAQ, many HOWTOs, news, development guidelines and more can be found on the coreboot website: http://www.coreboot.org You can contact us directly on the coreboot mailing list: http://www.coreboot.org/Mailinglist Copyright and License --------------------- The copyright on coreboot is owned by quite a large number of individual developers and companies. Please check the individual source files for details. coreboot is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). Some files are licensed under the "GPL (version 2, or any later version)", and some files are licensed under the "GPL, version 2". For some parts, which were derived from other projects, other (GPL-compatible) licenses may apply. Please check the individual source files for details. This makes the resulting coreboot images licensed under the GPL, version 2.