3 The document describes the coreboot options how to make CBFS files populate
4 platform-unique SMBIOS data.
6 ## SMBIOS Serial Number
8 The [DMTF SMBIOS specification] defines a field in the type 1 System
9 Information and type 2 Baseboard Information called Serial Number. It
10 is a null-terminated string field assumed to be unique per platform. Certain
11 mainboard ports have SMBIOS hooks to generate the Serial Numbers from external
12 data, e.g. Lenovo Thinkpads (see DRIVER_LENOVO_SERIALS). This driver aims to
13 provide an option to populate the Serial Numbers from CBFS for boards that
14 can't generate the it from any source.
18 In the coreboot configuration menu (`make menuconfig`) go to `Generic Drivers`
19 and select an option `Serial number in CBFS`. The Kconfig system will enable
20 `DRIVERS_GENERIC_CBFS_SERIAL` and the relevant code parts will be compiled into
23 After the coreboot build for your board completes, use the cbfstool to include
24 the file containing the serial number:
27 ./build/cbfstool build/coreboot.rom add -n serial_number -t raw -f /path/to/serial_file.txt
30 Where `serial_file.txt` is the unterminated string representation of the SMBIOS
31 type 1 or type 2 Serial Number, e.g. `5Q4Q7Y1`. If you use vboot with 1 or 2 RW
32 partitions you will have to specify the RW regions where the file is going to
33 be added too. By default the RW CBFS partitions are truncated, so the files
34 would probably not fit, one needs to expand them first.
37 ./build/cbfstool build/coreboot.rom expand -r FW_MAIN_A
38 ./build/cbfstool build/coreboot.rom add -n serial_number -t raw \
39 -f /path/to/serial_file.txt -r FW_MAIN_A
40 ./build/cbfstool build/coreboot.rom truncate -r FW_MAIN_A
42 ./build/cbfstool build/coreboot.rom expand -r FW_MAIN_B
43 ./build/cbfstool build/coreboot.rom add -n serial_number -t raw \
44 -f /path/to/serial_file.txt -r FW_MAIN_B
45 ./build/cbfstool build/coreboot.rom truncate -r FW_MAIN_B
48 By default cbfstool adds files to COREBOOT region only, so when vboot is
49 enabled and the platform is booting from RW partition, the file would not be
50 picked up by the driver.
52 One may retrieve the Serial Number from running system (if it exists) using one
53 of the following commands:
57 echo -n `sudo dmidecode -s system-serial-number` > serial_file.txt
59 echo -n `sudo dmidecode -s baseboard-serial-number` > serial_file.txt
62 Ensure the file does not end with whitespaces like LF and/or CR. The above
63 commands will not add any whitespaces. The driver automatically terminates the
64 Serial Number with the NULL character. If the CBFS file is not present, the
65 driver will fall back to the string defined in `MAINBOARD_SERIAL_NUMBER` build
68 Please note that this driver provides `smbios_mainboard_serial_number` hook
69 overriding the default implementation which returns `MAINBOARD_SERIAL_NUMBER`
70 build option. If you wish to populate only type 2 Serial Number field your
71 board code needs to implement `smbios_system_serial_number`, otherwise the weak
72 implementation of `smbios_system_serial_number` will call
73 `smbios_mainboard_serial_number` from the `DRIVERS_GENERIC_CBFS_SERIAL`
74 implementation overriding it. So selecting the `DRIVERS_GENERIC_CBFS_SERIAL`
75 has a side-effect of populating both SMBIOS type 1 and type 2 Serial Numbers
76 if the board does not implement its own `smbios_system_serial_number`.
78 There is also SMBIOS type 3 Chassis Information Serial Number, but it is not
79 populated by `DRIVERS_GENERIC_CBFS_SERIAL` nor by the default weak
80 implementation (returns empty string). If you wish to populate type 3 Serial
81 Number, your board code should override the default
82 `smbios_chassis_serial_number` weak implementation.
86 The [DMTF SMBIOS specification] defines a field in the type 1 System
87 Information Structure called System UUID. It is a 16 bytes value compliant with
88 [RFC4122] and assumed to be unique per platform. Certain mainboard ports have
89 SMBIOS hooks to generate the UUID from external data, e.g. Lenovo Thinkpads
90 (see DRIVER_LENOVO_SERIALS). This driver aims to provide an option to populate
91 the UUID from CBFS for boards that can't generate the UUID from any source.
95 In the coreboot configuration menu (`make menuconfig`) go to `Generic Drivers`
96 and select an option `System UUID in CBFS`. The Kconfig system will enable
97 `DRIVERS_GENERIC_CBFS_UUID` and the relevant code parts will be compiled into
100 After the coreboot build for your board completes, use the cbfstool to include
101 the file containing the UUID:
104 ./build/cbfstool build/coreboot.rom add -n system_uuid -t raw -f /path/to/uuid_file.txt
107 Where `uuid_file.txt` is the unterminated string representation of the SMBIOS
108 type 1 UUID, e.g. `4c4c4544-0051-3410-8051-b5c04f375931`. If you use vboot with
109 1 or 2 RW partitions you will have to specify the RW regions where the file is
110 going to be added too. By default the RW CBFS partitions are truncated, so the
111 files would probably not fit, one needs to expand them first.
114 ./build/cbfstool build/coreboot.rom expand -r FW_MAIN_A
115 ./build/cbfstool build/coreboot.rom add -n system_uuid -t raw \
116 -f /path/to/uuid_file.txt -r FW_MAIN_A
117 ./build/cbfstool build/coreboot.rom truncate -r FW_MAIN_A
119 ./build/cbfstool build/coreboot.rom expand -r FW_MAIN_B
120 ./build/cbfstool build/coreboot.rom add -n system_uuid -t raw \
121 -f /path/to/uuid_file.txt -r FW_MAIN_B
122 ./build/cbfstool build/coreboot.rom truncate -r FW_MAIN_B
125 By default cbfstool adds files to COREBOOT region only, so when vboot is
126 enabled and the platform is booting from RW partition, the file would not be
127 picked up by the driver.
129 One may retrieve the UUID from running system (if it exists) using the
133 echo -n `sudo dmidecode -s system-uuid` > uuid_file.txt
136 The above command ensures the file does not end with whitespaces like LF and/or
137 CR. The above command will not add any whitespaces. But the driver will handle
138 situations where up to 2 additional bytes like CR and LF will be included in
139 the file. Any more than that will make the driver fail to populate UUID in
142 [DMTF SMBIOS specification]: https://www.dmtf.org/standards/smbios
143 [RFC4122]: https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4122.txt