dmi_get_system_info(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so this page is from the Kernel API Manual, and we're talking about dmi_get_system_info — it's literally the function that returns a DMI data value. bestie, that's the whole name, no cap 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the whole vibe is:

const char * dmi_get_system_info (int field );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• field — the data index, bestie (see enum dmi_field). that's the one 🫶

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so it returns one DMI data value, periodt. and it can be used to perform complex DMI data checks — iconic behavior, honestly ✨

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the kernel file is literally ./drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c, and these are the besties you should also check out:

• dmi_setup(9)
• dmi_matches(9)
• dmi_is_end_of_table(9)
• dmi_check_system(9)
• dmi_first_match(9)
• dmi_name_in_serial(9)
• dmi_name_in_vendors(9)
• dmi_find_device(9)
• dmi_get_date(9)
• dmi_get_bios_year(9)
• dmi_walk(9)
• dmi_match(9)
• dmi_memdev_type(9)
• dmi_memdev_handle(9)

mwah 💋 — sourced from ./drivers/firmware, dated October 2026, and yes this manual page said dmi_get_system_info(9) at the top and bottom, we been knew 💖