[smbios] Expose board serial number as ${board-serial}

With blade servers, the chassis serial number (exposed via ${serial}) may not be unique. Expose ${board-serial} as a named setting to provide easy access to a more meaningful serial number. Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org>
ipxe · Jun 12, 2014 · 7fe0735 · 7fe0735
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diff --git a/src/include/ipxe/smbios.h b/src/include/ipxe/smbios.h
@@ -116,6 +116,23 @@ struct smbios_system_information {
 /** SMBIOS system information structure type */
 #define SMBIOS_TYPE_SYSTEM_INFORMATION 1
 
+/** SMBIOS base board information structure */
+struct smbios_base_board_information {
+	/** SMBIOS structure header */
+	struct smbios_header header;
+	/** Manufacturer string */
+	uint8_t manufacturer;
+	/** Product string */
+	uint8_t product;
+	/** Version string */
+	uint8_t version;
+	/** Serial number string */
+	uint8_t serial;
+} __attribute__ (( packed ));
+
+/** SMBIOS base board information structure type */
+#define SMBIOS_TYPE_BASE_BOARD_INFORMATION 2
+
 /** SMBIOS enclosure information structure */
 struct smbios_enclosure_information {
 	/** SMBIOS structure header */

diff --git a/src/interface/smbios/smbios_settings.c b/src/interface/smbios/smbios_settings.c
@@ -241,3 +241,15 @@ const struct setting asset_setting __setting ( SETTING_HOST_EXTRA, asset ) = {
 	.type = &setting_type_string,
 	.scope = &smbios_settings_scope,
 };
+
+/** Board serial number setting (may differ from chassis serial number) */
+const struct setting board_serial_setting __setting ( SETTING_HOST_EXTRA,
+						      board_serial ) = {
+	.name = "board-serial",
+	.description = "Base board serial",
+	.tag = SMBIOS_STRING_TAG ( SMBIOS_TYPE_BASE_BOARD_INFORMATION,
+				   struct smbios_base_board_information,
+				   serial ),
+	.type = &setting_type_string,
+	.scope = &smbios_settings_scope,
+};