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24.Dd April 22, 2020
25.Dt SMBIOS 4
26.Os
27.Sh NAME
28.Nm smbios
29.Nd "System Management BIOS"
30.Sh SYNOPSIS
31To compile this driver into the kernel,
32place the following lines in your
33kernel configuration file:
34.Bd -ragged -offset indent
35.Cd "device smbios"
36.Ed
37.Pp
38Alternatively, to load the driver as a
39module at boot time, place the following line in
40.Xr loader.conf 5 :
41.Bd -literal -offset indent
42smbios_load="YES"
43.Ed
44.Sh DESCRIPTION
45The System Management BIOS (SMBIOS) describes hardware components.
46.Sh SEE ALSO
47.Xr efi 8
48.Rs
49.%T System Management BIOS (SMBIOS) Reference Specification
50.%N DMTF DSP0134
51.Re
52.Sh HISTORY
53The
54.Nm
55device driver first appeared in
56.Fx 4.8 .
57.Sh AUTHORS
58The
59.Nm
60device driver was written by
61.An Matthew N. Dodd Aq Mt winter@jurai.net .
62This manual page was written by
63.An Gordon Bergling Aq Mt gbe@FreeBSD.org .
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