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Re: [dmidecode] [PATCH] dmidecode: Skip details of uninstalled memory mo


From: Petter Reinholdtsen
Subject: Re: [dmidecode] [PATCH] dmidecode: Skip details of uninstalled memory modules
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2020 15:18:41 +0200

[Jean Delvare]
> If a memory slot is empty then by definition the fields containing
> the memory module details are irrelevant. Best case they are filled
> with "Unused" and "None", but in some cases they are even invalid
> because the manufacturer did not bother setting the fields to
> valid neutral values. So it is better to not print these fields
> at all, so as to not confuse the user.

How are the users supposed to identify hardware where the manufacturer
did not bother with sensible quality control of the DMI data if
dmidecode hide bogus values?  It could even be used by the QA people of
the manufacturer to discover such uninitialized values.

Perhaps a better idea to so flag potential bogus values as such in the
output, instead of hiding them?

-- 
Happy hacking
Petter Reinholdtsen



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