Comment 4 for bug 882574

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Daniel Rich (drich-u) wrote :

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>