Why dmidecode report a different Bios Revision than version ?
Issue
- Why dmidecode report a wrong Bios Revision ?
- Installed Bios Revision 3.06 but the dmidecode report a revision of 3.6
BIOS Information
Vendor: Hewlett-Packard
Version: J61 v03.06 <--------------------------------
Release Date: 03/27/2013
Address: 0xF0000
Runtime Size: 64 kB
ROM Size: 16384 kB
Characteristics:
PCI is supported
PNP is supported
BIOS is upgradeable
BIOS shadowing is allowed
Boot from CD is supported
Selectable boot is supported
EDD is supported
Print screen service is supported (int 5h)
8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)
Serial services are supported (int 14h)
Printer services are supported (int 17h)
ACPI is supported
USB legacy is supported
BIOS boot specification is supported
Function key-initiated network boot is supported
Targeted content distribution is supported
UEFI is supported
BIOS Revision: 3.6 <----------------------------------
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux All
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