I'm fighting the same problem, and I still this in the 2.1 release. The worst part is the embedded newlines in data.
<BIOS>
<ASSETTAG># SMBIOS implementations newer than version 2.7 are not
# fully supported by this version of dmidecode. </ASSETTAG>
<BDATE># SMBIOS implementations newer than version 2.7 are not
# fully supported by this version of dmidecode.
12/20/2013</BDATE>
<BMANUFACTURER># SMBIOS implementations newer than version 2.7 are not
# fully supported by this version of dmidecode.
HP</BMANUFACTURER>
<BVERSION># SMBIOS implementations newer than version 2.7 are not
# fully supported by this version of dmidecode.
P70</BVERSION>
<MMANUFACTURER># SMBIOS implementations newer than version 2.7 are not
# fully supported by this version of dmidecode.</MMANUFACTURER>
<MMODEL># SMBIOS implementations newer than version 2.7 are not
# fully supported by this version of dmidecode.</MMODEL>
<MSN># SMBIOS implementations newer than version 2.7 are not
# fully supported by this version of dmidecode.</MSN>
<SMANUFACTURER># SMBIOS implementations newer than version 2.7 are not
# fully supported by this version of dmidecode.
HP</SMANUFACTURER>
<SMODEL># SMBIOS implementations newer than version 2.7 are not
# fully supported by this version of dmidecode.
ProLiant DL380p Gen8</SMODEL>
<SSN># SMBIOS implementations newer than version 2.7 are not
# fully supported by this version of dmidecode.
XXXXXXXXXX </SSN>
<TYPE># SMBIOS implementations newer than version 2.7 are not
# fully supported by this version of dmidecode.
Rack Mount Chassis</TYPE>
</BIOS>
I'm fighting the same problem, and I still this in the 2.1 release. The worst part is the embedded newlines in data.
<BIOS>
</ASSETTAG> BMANUFACTURER> # SMBIOS implementations newer than version 2.7 are not MMANUFACTURER> # SMBIOS implementations newer than version 2.7 are not </MMANUFACTURER > SMANUFACTURER> # SMBIOS implementations newer than version 2.7 are not
<ASSETTAG># SMBIOS implementations newer than version 2.7 are not
# fully supported by this version of dmidecode.
<BDATE># SMBIOS implementations newer than version 2.7 are not
# fully supported by this version of dmidecode.
12/20/2013</BDATE>
<
# fully supported by this version of dmidecode.
HP</BMANUFACTURER>
<BVERSION># SMBIOS implementations newer than version 2.7 are not
# fully supported by this version of dmidecode.
P70</BVERSION>
<
# fully supported by this version of dmidecode.
<MMODEL># SMBIOS implementations newer than version 2.7 are not
# fully supported by this version of dmidecode.</MMODEL>
<MSN># SMBIOS implementations newer than version 2.7 are not
# fully supported by this version of dmidecode.</MSN>
<
# fully supported by this version of dmidecode.
HP</SMANUFACTURER>
<SMODEL># SMBIOS implementations newer than version 2.7 are not
# fully supported by this version of dmidecode.
ProLiant DL380p Gen8</SMODEL>
<SSN># SMBIOS implementations newer than version 2.7 are not
# fully supported by this version of dmidecode.
XXXXXXXXXX </SSN>
<TYPE># SMBIOS implementations newer than version 2.7 are not
# fully supported by this version of dmidecode.
Rack Mount Chassis</TYPE>
</BIOS>