- 2005-10-20 Released version 0.10.6
- Workaround for internal compiler error on MS VC++ 6.
- 2005-10-19 Released version 0.10.5
- RPM .spec file improvements: automatically detect xml/doxygen
- Rewrite Factory code
- fix Windows when compiled with VC.NET 2003.
- Remove diagnostic output for certain BIOS bugs
- Fix service tag retrieval for older machines
- Fix one unit test memory leak (in unit test suite, not the codebase)
- 2005-10-02 Released version 0.10.5_beta1
- Rewrite Factory code
- fix Windows when compiled with VC.NET 2003.
- Remove diagnostic output for certain BIOS bugs
- Fix one unit test memory leak (in unit test suite, not the codebase)
- 2005-09-28 Released version 0.10.4
- 2005-09-24 Released version 0.10.4_beta10
- 2005-09-21 Released version 0.10.4_beta7, beta8, beta9
- unreleased (internal testing versions)
- 2005-09-21 Released version 0.10.4_beta6
- spec file improvements
- makefile improvements: build less, remote build
- website updates
- compile fix for RHEL4 x86_64
- 2005-09-19 Released version 0.10.4_beta5
- Added downloadable dell_rbu and dcdbas dkms driver RPMS.
- Re-arrange website downloads page a bit to make things easier to find.
- 2005-09-19 Released version 0.10.4_beta4
- Added "dell_rbu" kernel driver to libsmbios source tree (under "kernel/" dir) for people who do not have 2.6.14-rc kernels. Packet support is still disabled by default as it has not been tested. Monolithic mode works on all machines that support packet, so this should not be a problem.
- Removed XML output from dumpSmbios and created a new unsupported binary, "dumpSmbios_IPS" that has the old format XML output.
- Add "probes" unsupported, proof-of-concept binary. Can dump temperature sensors on some Dell machines, such as laptops. After things settle down a bit, I will be trying to add support to lmsensors. This bin is definetly not complete, nor is it up to coding standards.
- 2005-09-16 Released version 0.10.4_beta3
- Dell BIOS update using Linux dell_rbu driver.
- XML output still experimental.
- document some token id values: CMOS Token List
- 2005-09-12 Released version 0.10.4_beta2
- possible cmos corruption issue fixed. Changed code so that it should always fail in a much more obvious way in the future, rather than having a potentially hidden bug.
- XML output still experimental. Discussions on final format are still ongoing.
- port from xerces to libxml2 started.
- completely dynamic addition of new platforms to unit test suite.
- small warnings fixes for .NET 2003 compiler for /w4.
- new tokenCtl binary -- still under development.
- fix for broken createUnitTestFiles binary.
- 2005-09-08 Released version 0.10.4_beta1
- new "wakeupCtl" binary, contributed by David Greaves.
- XML output from dumpSmbios. Use the "-x" option for XML output.
- feedback requested. I'm still working on the format for the XML output.
- Initial support for VC++ .NET 2003. Not yet fully complete, but project files are there. Compiles, not fully tested yet. Thanks to Sean-Marc Castruita for providing the build machine with VC .NET.
- 2005-09-06 Released version 0.10.3
- Good things always come in threes. :-)
- Fix so that people that include only "SystemInfo.h" get all the automagical microsoft library linking mojo. Also fix systeminfo.h so that it can sucessfully be included by C programs.
- 2005-09-06 Released version 0.10.2
- Fix libsmbios_minimal.dsw (VC6 project file) to remove XML-related libs. The minimal project should compile on all machines (no need for xerces/cppunit)
- No code changes
- 2005-09-06 Released version 0.10.1
- XML output support removed until 0.10.2... needs more discussion
- Released due to several teams build deadlines. Main new features are:
- WMI support on Windows (set LIBSMBIOS_WIN_USE_WMI to use, must have platform SDK installed)
- Automatic library selection on Windows. No need to add "smbios_lib.lib" manually to library link list. Including any libsmbios header will automatically select the right lib to link against by looking at your build settings (single thread, debug single thread, multithread, debug multithread, etc.)
- libsmbios_minimal.dsw workspace for VC6. Only builds the core libs that have no external dependencies.
- Even more parallel builds. WARNING: do not run "make -j all" on a low-powered machine, as it spawns over 100 g++ instances and can easily bring down non-server machine. My dual-P4 HT-enabled 2.8GHz server barely handles it. :-)
- 100% unit test pass on Linux. One unit test failure on Windows (BIOS bug, not a libsmbios bug.
- Passes valgrind memcheck with no errors, as do all libsmbios releases :-)
- 2005-09-06 Released version 0.10.1_beta3
- EXPERIMENTAL: XML output from dumpSmbios. Still working on this feature, so it is subject to change
- Unit Test 100% pass (Linux-only): Merged patch from Senthil Or to allow skipping of unit tests that are known to fail. Used this patch to skip the one failing lattitude unit test. Found workarounds or fixes for the rest of the failing unit tests. The skip patch only works for Linux, so Windows will still have one failing unit test.
- 2005-09-04 Released version 0.10.1_beta2
- Compile fix for WMI code.
- Library auto-selection: groups using the windows version of libsmbios no longer need to add "smbios_lib.lib" to their library list. Instead, including any of the libsmbios header files will automatically setup the correct lib to use. Libs are compiled for both single-thread and multi-thread as well as debug/nondebug.
- 2005-09-03 Released version 0.10.1_beta1
- New code to allow pulling SMBIOS table from WMI on Windows. Must have Windows Platform SDK installed to compile. Set LIBSMBIOS_WIN_USE_WMI to enable.
- 2005-09-03 Released version 0.10.0
- Final release for 0.10.0. Two unused var warnings fixed for windows compile. No other changes from -beta5.
- 2005-09-02 Released version 0.10.0-beta5
- Fixed compile for Windows in -beta4, but that subtly broke SMI calls. Fixed.
- 2005-09-02 Released version 0.10.0-beta4
- Fixed bug in the passwordII handling. Password verification should work on all systems now.
- Worked on all message output from the tag binaries. All error messages should be much more helpful now.
- 2005-09-01 Released version 0.10.0-beta3
- REMOVED beta3 from download site due to problem promoting beta4... forgot to bump version :-(
- Automatic conversion of ASCII passwords to en_US keyboard scan codes, where necessary.
- Addition of --rawpassword cmdline arg to override scan code conversion for cases where keyboard is not en_US. (Manual conversion is necessary)
- Much better error reporting for the supported tag-setting executables.
- CALL FOR TESTERS: please see release announcement mail sent to the mailing list. I would like help testing the SMI password functions across more machines.
- 2005-08-30 Released version 0.10.0-beta2
- created supported-bins/ dir where 'official' bins go. All bins in this dir must meed coding standards guidelines and be reviewed.
- Add new SMI support. Added support for many new smi functions. There is a 'smitest' binary to show some of these, but it is not meant for production use yet.
- password support for SMI calls is implemented, not tested across all systems yet. see getPasswordFormat/ascii2enUS_scancode/verifyPassword binaries.
- CALL FOR TESTERS: please see release announcement mail sent to the mailing list. I would like help testing the SMI password functions across more machines.
- 2005-08-24 Released version 0.10.0-beta1
- Small build fixes:
- fix parallel builds
- fix unnecessary error message for missing *.d files
- remove untested compiler warning when using gcc4
- massive cleanup of unnecessary header include's
- hide several LowLevel headers that shouldn't have been in public API
- API/ABI Changes: IException and subclasses
- fix exception class to properly propogate message up
- remove unused messageId field
- API/ABI Changes: initial support for 0xD5/0xD6 protected CMOS tokens
- Does not support changing token value when there is a BIOS password set. This is being worked on still.
- Throws a "NeedAuthentication" exception when password protection is present. Use the ->tryPassword() function on the token when this exception is thrown. (not yet fully implemented.)
- API/ABI Changes to prepare for adding SMI access to 0xDA SMI tokens
- New SMI access subclass, uses beta version of open-source "dcdbas" driver.
- API/ABI change summary:
- ICmosToken -> IToken
- ICmosTokenTable -> ITokenTable
- ICmosTokenTableFactory -> ITokenTableFactory
- libraries/cmostoken -> libraries/token
- CMOS-specific functions removed from IToken and moved to a subclass
- 2005-08-05 Released version 0.9.2
- add SMBIOSSetAssetTag() function and assetTag binary.
- Note: This API is not yet considered "stable" and is subject to change
- Note: Asset tag is settable via SMI and CMOS access methods. Only CMOS is implemented in libsmbios at this time.
- Note: CMOS based functions work only on Linux at present. Need volunteer to write Windows CMOS access code.
- 2005-07-28 Released version 0.9.1
- minor build updates, doc updates.
- fix for cppunit 1.10.2.
- More platform unit tests.
- StdSmbiosXml.h is now packaged so Windows compiles should work out of the box.
- 2005-06-21 Released version 0.9.0 -- First open source release!
- 2005-05-04 Released version 0.8.2 -- yet another stupid one line build bug... :-(
- 2005-05-04 Released version 0.8.1 -- minor windows workspace updates for vc6
- 2005-05-03 Released version 0.8.0
- 2004-09-10 Released version 0.4
- 2004-09-10 Updated lib to correctly return System ID for OEM systems
- 2004-09-09 Updated lib to support PE8450
- 2004-05-30 Posted kernel helper-driver and then withdrew helper based on feedback from kernel community. It turns out that you can get everything you need without a helper. This was a very instructive experience.
- 2004-04-26 Open source approvals for kernel helper driver approved up to VP level, one more step to go!
- 2004-04-26 Linux 2.4 kernel helper-driver port complete
- 2004-04-23 Libsmbios management meeting to discuss support
- 2004-04-23 Linux 2.6 kernel helper-driver code review
- 2004-04-21 Open source request submitted for kernel helper-driver
- 2004-04-20 Mailing list created: http://insidelists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/libsmbios-devel
- 2004-04-19 Linux 2.6 kernel helper-driver first draft complete
- 2004-04-08 Management presentation and review
- 2004-04-07 Peer review of concept/design held
- 2004-04-01 Design documentation updated
- 2004-03-26 New website launched!
- 2004-02-07 Initial concept
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