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From: =?UTF-8?q?Vincent=20Stehl=C3=A9?= <vincent.stehle@arm.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2023 11:09:43 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] chapter2: add smbios tables details
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Add details about the SMBIOS tables and structures, with a reference to the
SMBIOS specification v3.7.0.

Signed-off-by: Vincent Stehlé <vincent.stehle@arm.com>
---
 source/chapter2-uefi.rst | 6 ++++++
 source/references.rst    | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/source/chapter2-uefi.rst b/source/chapter2-uefi.rst
index 6e65d50..5fb5681 100644
--- a/source/chapter2-uefi.rst
+++ b/source/chapter2-uefi.rst
@@ -359,6 +359,12 @@ The DTB must be contained in memory of type `EfiACPIReclaimMemory`.
 `EfiACPIReclaimMemory` was chosen to match the recommendation for ACPI
 tables which fulfill the same task as the DTB.
 
+SMBIOS
+------
+
+If firmware provides SMBIOS tables and structures then it must provide them as
+described in [SMBIOS]_ § 5 & 6.
+
 UEFI Boot Services
 ==================
 
diff --git a/source/references.rst b/source/references.rst
index b0f2b5c..a1812dd 100644
--- a/source/references.rst
+++ b/source/references.rst
@@ -40,3 +40,7 @@
    Version 20211203
 
 .. [RVUEFI] `RISC-V UEFI Protocol Specification <https://github.com/riscv-non-isa/riscv-uefi/releases/download/1.0.0/RISCV_UEFI_PROTOCOL-spec.pdf>`_
+
+.. [SMBIOS] `System Management BIOS (SMBIOS) Reference Specification v3.7.0
+   <https://www.dmtf.org/sites/default/files/standards/documents/DSP0134_3.7.0.pdf>`_,
+   July 2023, `DMTF <https://www.dmtf.org>`_