Introduce support for Systems Management Driver over WMI for Dell Systems
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux-oem (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
The Dell WMI Systems Management Driver provides a sysfs
interface for systems management to enable BIOS configuration
capability on certain Dell Systems.
This driver allows user to configure Dell systems with a
uniform common interface. To facilitate this, the patch
introduces a generic way for driver to be able to create
configurable BIOS Attributes available in Setup (F2) screen.
[Impact]
This provides a huge benefit to Dell machines users to be able to manipulate BIOS settings from within Ubuntu.
[Fix]
By the patches: https:/
Maintainer has merged the code to his branch:
https:/
[Test Case]
[Regression Risk]
This is a new driver and self-contained.
Changed in linux-oem (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Invalid |