Xen users - May 2011 - DMIDecode on Xen 4.1.0 not working (has /dev/mem handling changed from Xen 3.x to 4.1.0?)

I''m trying to run dmidecode on a linux 2.6.38.7 kernel running as Dom0
to find out about the underlying hardware. Unfortunately when I run this under a
Xen 4.1.0 all I get back is an error message saying "No SMBIOS nor DMI
entry point found. sorry.". If I run the same system, but not under the Xen
4.1.0 hypervisor, everything works fine, and when I did this under a 3.x Xen
hypervisor everything worked fine too.

Since dmidecode looks at /dev/mem to find the information, has something changed
to how /dev/mem is handled? Is there a way I get dmidecode to work?

thanks,

Anthony Wright.


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Upgrading to linux 2.6.39 fixed the problem.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony Wright" <anthony@overnetdata.com>
To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com
Sent: Tuesday, 31 May, 2011 1:47:52 PM
Subject: [Xen-users] DMIDecode on Xen 4.1.0 not working (has /dev/mem handling
changed from Xen 3.x to 4.1.0?)

I''m trying to run dmidecode on a linux 2.6.38.7 kernel running as Dom0
to find out about the underlying hardware. Unfortunately when I run this under a
Xen 4.1.0 all I get back is an error message saying "No SMBIOS nor DMI
entry point found. sorry.". If I run the same system, but not under the Xen
4.1.0 hypervisor, everything works fine, and when I did this under a 3.x Xen
hypervisor everything worked fine too.

Since dmidecode looks at /dev/mem to find the information, has something changed
to how /dev/mem is handled? Is there a way I get dmidecode to work?

thanks,

Anthony Wright.


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