smbios: Add documentation and devicetree binding

Add information about how to set SMBIOS properties using the devicetree.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com>

2 files changed, 85 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/doc/arch/x86.rst b/doc/arch/x86.rst
index c6b70ce61a..cc307aa8d5 100644
--- a/doc/arch/x86.rst
+++ b/doc/arch/x86.rst
@@ -740,6 +740,14 @@ Note that this is a development feature only. It is not intended for use in
 production environments. Also it is not currently part of the automated tests
 so may break in the future.
 
+SMBIOS tables
+-------------
+
+To generate SMBIOS tables in U-Boot, for use by the OS, enable the
+CONFIG_GENERATE_SMBIOS_TABLE option. The easiest way to provide the values to
+use is via the device tree. For details see
+device-tree-bindings/sysinfo/smbios.txt
+
 TODO List
 ---------
 - Audio
diff --git a/doc/device-tree-bindings/sysinfo/smbios.txt b/doc/device-tree-bindings/sysinfo/smbios.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b522322802
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/device-tree-bindings/sysinfo/smbios.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+SMBIOS sysinfo information
+==========================
+
+This binding allows the values for the SMBIOS tables to be specified in the
+devicetree, as below.
+
+Required properties:
+
+  - compatible: "u-boot,smbios" or any other string depending on your board
+
+This driver allows providing board-specific features such as power control
+GPIOs. In addition, the SMBIOS values can be specified in the device tree,
+as below:
+
+An optional 'smbios' subnode can be used to provide these properties. Within
+that, the properties are broken down by table type, as in the System Management
+BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) Specification.
+
+Available subnodes for each table type are:
+
+  - 1 : system
+  - 2 : baseboard
+  - 3 : chassis
+
+Within each subnode the following tables are recognised:
+
+"system" subnode optional properties:
+
+  - manufacturer: Product manufacturer for system
+  - product:      Product name
+  - version:      Product version string
+  - serial:       Serial number for system (note that this can be overridden by
+                      the serial# environment variable)
+  - sku:          Product SKU (Stock-Keeping Unit)
+  - family:       Product family
+
+"baseboard" subnode optional properties:
+
+  - manufacturer: Product manufacturer for baseboard
+  - product:      Product name
+  - asset-tag:    Asset tag for the motherboard, sometimes used in organisations
+                      to track devices
+
+"chassis" subnode optional properties:
+
+  - manufacturer: Product manufacturer for chassis
+
+
+Example:
+
+sysinfo {
+	compatible = "sandbox,sysinfo-sandbox";
+
+	smbios {
+		/* Type 1 table */
+		system {
+			manufacturer = "Google";
+			product = "Coral";
+			version = "rev2";
+			serial = "123456789";
+			sku = "sku3";
+			family = "Google_Coral";
+		};
+
+		/* Type 2 table */
+		baseboard {
+			manufacturer = "Google";
+			product = "Coral";
+			asset-tag = "ABC123";
+		};
+
+		/* Type 3 table */
+		chassis {
+			manufacturer = "Google";
+		};
+	};
+};