From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (firstgate.proxmox.com [212.224.123.68]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.proxmox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 43933BB63C for ; Mon, 25 Mar 2024 09:20:39 +0100 (CET) Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by firstgate.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 1A9551FBB4 for ; Mon, 25 Mar 2024 09:20:09 +0100 (CET) Received: from proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (proxmox-new.maurer-it.com [94.136.29.106]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by firstgate.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTPS for ; Mon, 25 Mar 2024 09:20:07 +0100 (CET) Received: from proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 07E3741CE9 for ; Mon, 25 Mar 2024 09:20:07 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <93fb9823-2b05-4363-8b50-f51f448dd910@proxmox.com> Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2024 09:20:05 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Beta To: Proxmox VE development discussion , Alexander Zeidler References: <20240322135933.164404-1-a.zeidler@proxmox.com> <20240322135933.164404-6-a.zeidler@proxmox.com> Content-Language: en-GB From: Thomas Lamprecht In-Reply-To: <20240322135933.164404-6-a.zeidler@proxmox.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SPAM-LEVEL: Spam detection results: 0 AWL -0.059 Adjusted score from AWL reputation of From: address BAYES_00 -1.9 Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% DMARC_MISSING 0.1 Missing DMARC policy KAM_DMARC_STATUS 0.01 Test Rule for DKIM or SPF Failure with Strict Alignment SPF_HELO_NONE 0.001 SPF: HELO does not publish an SPF Record SPF_PASS -0.001 SPF: sender matches SPF record URIBL_BLOCKED 0.001 ADMINISTRATOR NOTICE: The query to URIBL was blocked. See http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/DnsBlocklists#dnsbl-block for more information. [report.pm] Subject: Re: [pve-devel] [PATCH manager 6/9] report: switch `dmidecode` to quiet to omit almost never needed info X-BeenThere: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Proxmox VE development discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2024 08:20:39 -0000 On 22/03/2024 14:59, Alexander Zeidler wrote: > like on this system: > > # dmidecode -t bios > # dmidecode 3.4 > Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs. > SMBIOS 3.0.0 present. > > Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes > > Handle 0x005C, DMI type 13, 22 bytes The manual page here states that this option also hides other entries: > Unknown, inactive and OEM-specific entries are not displayed. Meta-data and handle references are hidden. So especially on newer HW this might contain some actual info beyond the SMBIOS version/metadata that gets hidden. I mean, I have no hard feelings here, but I'm wondering if it's really worth hiding that info if it can include potential relevant stuff. > > Signed-off-by: Alexander Zeidler > --- > PVE/Report.pm | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/PVE/Report.pm b/PVE/Report.pm > index 505629c7..3a81bdb2 100644 > --- a/PVE/Report.pm > +++ b/PVE/Report.pm > @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ my $init_report_cmds = sub { > hardware => { > order => 70, > cmds => [ > - 'dmidecode -t bios', > + 'dmidecode -t bios -q', > 'lscpu', > 'lspci -nnk', > ],