unique hardware identification

[Oliver Fromme]

Peter Jeremy wrote:
 > Daniel Rudy wrote:
 > > None of this stuff appears on my system and I'm running 6.1.  I can't
 > > even find dmidump anywhere on the system or in ports either.
 > 
 > Please elaborate.  kenv(8) states that it first appeared in 4.1.1 and
 > I don't recall seeing any reference to 'dmidump' in this thread.

For retrieving DMI information, please see sysutils/dmidecode
in the ports collection.  It works fine on the HP Proliant
machines here, it even reports the exact population of the
RAM slots and other things, which makes remote administration
easier.

Of course, it only works on machines with DMI-compliant BIOS
interface.  If you don't get SMBIOS information, I very much
doubt that it'll provide DMI information either.

Best regards
   Oliver

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