Why does dmidecode not working in Xen-Paravirtualized quests?

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Issue

  • Why does dmidecode not working in Xen-Paravirtualized guests.
[root@rhel5~]# dmidecode
# dmidecode 2.9
/dev/mem: mmap: Bad address
  • It doesn't work on para-virtualized guest on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 as well.
[root@rhel6 ~]#  dmidecode 
# dmidecode 2.12
# No SMBIOS nor DMI entry point found, sorry.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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