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24.\" $FreeBSD$
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26.Dd April 22, 2020
27.Dt SMBIOS 4
28.Os
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm smbios
31.Nd "System Management BIOS"
32.Sh SYNOPSIS
33To compile this driver into the kernel,
34place the following lines in your
35kernel configuration file:
36.Bd -ragged -offset indent
37.Cd "device smbios"
38.Ed
39.Pp
40Alternatively, to load the driver as a
41module at boot time, place the following line in
42.Xr loader.conf 5 :
43.Bd -literal -offset indent
44smbios_load="YES"
45.Ed
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47The System Management BIOS (SMBIOS) describes hardware components.
48.Sh SEE ALSO
49.Xr efi 8
50.Rs
51.%T System Management BIOS (SMBIOS) Reference Specification
52.%N DMTF DSP0134
53.Re
54.Sh HISTORY
55The
56.Nm
57device driver first appeared in
58.Fx 4.8 .
59.Sh AUTHORS
60The
61.Nm
62device driver was written by
63.An Matthew N. Dodd Aq Mt winter@jurai.net .
64This manual page was written by
65.An Gordon Bergling Aq Mt gbergling@gmail.com .
66