binary garbage in dmesg/boot messages (2.4.0)

John Newbigin (jn@it.swin.edu.au)
Mon, 15 Jan 2001 11:31:43 +1000

With kernel 2.4.0 on a Compaq DL380 I get the following. All seems OK
except for the Version string. I have not checked the serial number but
I looks acceptable. I do not know what the correct version string
should be either.

Jan 11 17:11:37 cartman kernel: DMI 2.3 present.
Jan 11 17:11:37 cartman kernel: 25 structures occupying 842 bytes.
Jan 11 17:11:37 cartman kernel: DMI table at 0x000FF066.
Jan 11 17:11:37 cartman kernel: BIOS Vendor: Compaq
Jan 11 17:11:37 cartman kernel: BIOS Version: P17
Jan 11 17:11:37 cartman kernel: BIOS Release: 12/13/1999
Jan 11 17:11:37 cartman kernel: System Vendor: Compaq.
Jan 11 17:11:38 cartman kernel: Product Name: ProLiant DL380.
Jan 11 17:11:38 cartman kernel: Version ^Cu^IP¸^E¿³^AÍ^PXö^F^X.
Jan 11 17:11:38 cartman kernel: Serial Number H030FD419124 .

John.

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