Ubuntu
hardinfo package

HP DMI information need to be updated

Bug #1648353 reported by Hao-Sheng Lu
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Bug Description

OS version: 16.04 Xenial

Description:
The DMI information base on Ubuntu 16.04 that showed HP - "(Hewlett-Packard, www.hp.com)" now,
and because of their company policy has changed, HP is ask us to modify the strings to HP - "(HP Inc., www.hp.com).

Jamie Chang (jamie315)
Changed in oem-priority:
importance: Undecided → High
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Jamie Chang (jamie315) wrote :

As attached screen capture:
Current string: "(Hewlett-Packard, www.hp.com)"
Expected string: "(HP Inc., www.hp.com)"

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Ara Pulido (ara) wrote :

This information comes from the BIOS, not from a particular software.

Marking this bug as Invalid.

Changed in hardinfo (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in hardinfo:
status: New → Invalid
Changed in oem-priority:
status: New → Invalid
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Hao-Sheng Lu (haosheng.lu) wrote :

output of command dmidecode: there's no HP - "(Hewlett-Packard, www.hp.com)" string

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Hao-Sheng Lu (haosheng.lu) wrote :

I found the source of hardinfo(https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/xenial/+source/hardinfo):

vendor.c:
"hp","Hewlett-Packard", "www.hp.com"

seems the string is need to be updated.

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