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Table 54: Format of the user binary information structure
Offset
Bit Definition
0
Bit 0 = 1 if mandatory User Binary, = 0 if not mandatory
Bit 1 = 1 if runtime presence required (other than SMM user binary portion, SMM
user binary will always be present in runtime irrespective of setting of this bit), =
0, if not required in runtime, and can be discarded at boot time.
Bit 7:2 - reserved for future expansion
1 - 0fh
Reserved for future expansion
If this structure is not present, that is, the mask bit 01 is not set, the system BIOS assumes that the
user binary is not mandatory, and it is required in runtime.
7.3.6.2
Multiple Language Support
The BIOS supports five languages at a time. iFLASH is used to load language support that
replaces the text strings for POST and general error messages with text strings translated into a
particular language. Intel provides specifications for all BIOS text strings, so that any OEM can
have them translated and prepared for updating with iFLASH. By default, the BIOS provides
language support for English, Spanish, French, German, and Italian. The language can be selected
using the CU.
7.3.7 SMBIOS Support
System management BIOS (SMBIOS) is a method of managing computers in an enterprise. The
main component of SMBIOS is the Management Information Format Database, or MIF. This
database contains all the information about the computing system and its components. Using
SMBIOS, a system administrator can obtain the types, capabilities, operational status, installation
date, and other information about the system components.
The
System Management BIOS Reference Specification
and its companion
DMTF Systems
Standard Groups Definition
define “manageable attributes that are expected to be supported by
SMBIOS-enabled computer systems.” Many of these attributes have no standard interface to the
management software, but are known by the system BIOS. The
System Management BIOS
Reference Specification
provides this interface via data structures through which the system
attributes are reported. There are two access methods defined for the SMBIOS structures; one
or both methods can be used in an SMBIOS-compliant BIOS. The first method, defined in v2.0 of
this specification, provides the SMBIOS structures through a Plug-and-Play function interface. A
table -based method, defined in v2.1 of this specification, provides the SMBIOS structures as a
packed list of data referenced by a table entry point. Using SMBIOS, a system administrator can
obtain the types, capabilities, operational status, installation date, and other information about the
system components. Plug and Play functions 50h-5Fh are assigned for the SMBIOS interface.
Each of the SMBIOS Plug and Play functions are available in both real-mode and 16-bit protected
mode. General Purpose Nonvolatile (GPNV) interface as defined in the SMBIOS specification,
Revision 2.3 will be provided. The SRMK2 BIOS supports GPNV areas as required by
manufacturing.
The table convention, provided as an addition or alternative to the calling interface, allows the
SMBIOS structures to also be accessed under 32-bit protected-mode operating systems such as
Microsoft Windows
®
NT. This convention provides a searchable entry-point structure that
contains a pointer to the packed SMBIOS structures residing somewhere in 32-bit physical
