Ubuntu
dmidecode package

dmidecode does falsely use bit 7 when decoding the chassis-type

Bug #822432 reported by Stefan Tauner on 2011-08-07

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	dmidecode (Debian)	Fix Released	Unknown	debbugs #637028
	dmidecode (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

the bug is present in all vanilla versions since at least 2.9.
the attached patch was sent upstream and to Debian.
for details please see the patch.

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Stefan Tauner (stefanct) wrote on 2011-08-07:

0001-Make-dmi_chassis_type-aware-of-the-lock-bit.patch Edit (2.1 KiB, text/plain)

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2011-08-10

Changed in dmidecode (Debian):
status:	Unknown → New

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2011-09-28

Changed in dmidecode (Debian):
status:	New → Fix Released

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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote on 2011-09-29:

The attachment "0001-Make-dmi_chassis_type-aware-of-the-lock-bit.patch" of this bug report has been identified as being a patch. The ubuntu-reviewers team has been subscribed to the bug report so that they can review the patch. In the event that this is in fact not a patch you can resolve this situation by removing the tag 'patch' from the bug report and editing the attachment so that it is not flagged as a patch. Additionally, if you are member of the ubuntu-sponsors please also unsubscribe the team from this bug report.

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Daniel Lintott (dlintott) on 2014-05-19