Where would one request an improvement to DMIDecode?

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Context

At community.frame.work/t/52012/37, I ran sudo dmidecode -t bios -q to glean some information about my (U)EFI firmware. However, after answering superuser.com/revisions/1902987/3, [1] I realise that the bitness is absent:

Vendor: American Megatrends International, LLC.
Version: 3.08
Release Date: 09/19/2024
Address: 0xF0000
Runtime Size: 64 kB
ROM Size: 32 MB
Characteristics:
	PCI is supported
	BIOS is upgradeable
	BIOS shadowing is allowed
	Boot from CD is supported
	Selectable boot is supported
	BIOS ROM is socketed
	EDD is supported
	Japanese floppy for NEC 9800 1.2 MB is supported (int 13h)
	Japanese floppy for Toshiba 1.2 MB is supported (int 13h)
	5.25"/360 kB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
	5.25"/1.2 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
	3.5"/720 kB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
	3.5"/2.88 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
	Print screen service is supported (int 5h)
	Serial services are supported (int 14h)
	Printer services are supported (int 17h)
	CGA/mono video services are supported (int 10h)
	USB legacy is supported
	BIOS boot specification is supported
	Targeted content distribution is supported
	UEFI is supported
BIOS Revision: 5.35

…despite being easily accessible from /sys/firmware/efi/fw_platform_size:

384×223 9.61 KB

Question

Consequently, how might I request that this information be added?

  1. superuser.com/revisions/1903000/4 ↩︎

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FWIW, I often use rpm -qi <package> to find the right bug tracker.

$ rpm -qi dmidecode
Name        : dmidecode
Epoch       : 1
Version     : 3.6
Release     : 6.fc42
Architecture: x86_64
Install Date: Fri May  2 16:10:36 2025
Group       : Unspecified
Size        : 240873
License     : GPL-2.0-or-later
Signature   : RSA/SHA256, Thu Jan 16 16:27:42 2025, Key ID c8ac4916105ef944
Source RPM  : dmidecode-3.6-6.fc42.src.rpm
Build Date  : Thu Jan 16 16:00:57 2025
Build Host  : buildhw-x86-01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
Packager    : Fedora Project
Vendor      : Fedora Project
URL         : https://www.nongnu.org/dmidecode/
Bug URL     : https://bugz.fedoraproject.org/dmidecode
Summary     : Tool to analyse BIOS DMI data
Description :
dmidecode reports information about x86 & ia64 hardware as described in the
system BIOS according to the SMBIOS/DMI standard. This information
typically includes system manufacturer, model name, serial number,
BIOS version, asset tag as well as a lot of other details of varying
level of interest and reliability depending on the manufacturer.

This will often include usage status for the CPU sockets, expansion
slots (e.g. AGP, PCI, ISA) and memory module slots, and the list of
I/O ports (e.g. serial, parallel, USB).
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@glb, that’s really helpful. Though, in this case, I’ve no reason to presume that this is a downstream problem. I’ve yet to ascertain how to file an issue at savannah.nongnu.org/support/?group=dmidecode, though.

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There is a “bugs” link at the top of the page in case you missed it.

https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=dmidecode&func=additem

Actually, maybe the “support” link would be the better one to use for a RFE?

https://savannah.nongnu.org/support/?group=dmidecode&func=additem

Set “Severity” to 1 - Wish.

Yeah, that site isn’t great to navigate.

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@glb, thanks! Filed at savannah.nongnu.org/support/index.php?111249.