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Thanks for the split. This one looks good...

This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Feb 17 2021, 11:19 PM
allanjude retitled this revision from smbios: Use loader provided adddress for SMBIOS entry point to smbios: Use loader provided address for SMBIOS entry point.Feb 24 2021, 2:51 PM
imp edited reviewers, added: allanjude; removed: imp.

This review is OBE. Other changes implement this in main.

This revision now requires review to proceed.Jun 27 2024, 9:33 PM
This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Jun 27 2024, 9:33 PM

This revision by Val Packett implements this functionality in a better way.
If I've missed something, please let me know, file a new differential, tag me, etc

commit a29bff7a5216bd5f4a76228788e7eacf235004de
Author: Val Packett <val@packett.cool>
Date:   Wed Apr 7 14:46:29 2021 -0500

    smbios: support getting address from EFI

    On some systems (e.g. Lenovo ThinkPad X240, Apple MacBookPro12,1)
    the SMBIOS entry point is not found in the <0xFFFFF space.

    Follow the SMBIOS spec and use the EFI Configuration Table for
    locating the entry point on EFI systems.

    Reviewed by:    rpokala, dab
    MFC after:      1 week
    Sponsored by:   Dell EMC Isilon
    Differential Revision:  https://reviews.freebsd.org/D29276