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@@ -2062,6 +2062,23 @@ config EFI
is only useful for kernels that may run on systems that have
UEFI firmware.
+config DMI
+ bool "Enable support for SMBIOS (DMI) tables"
+ depends on EFI
+ default y
+ help
+ This enables SMBIOS/DMI feature for systems.
+
+ This option is only useful on systems that have UEFI firmware.
+ However, even with this option, the resultant kernel should
+ continue to boot on existing non-UEFI platforms.
+
+ NOTE: This does *NOT* enable or encourage the use of DMI quirks,
+ i.e., the the practice of identifying the platform via DMI to
+ decide whether certain workarounds for buggy hardware and/or
+ firmware need to be enabled. This would require the DMI subsystem
+ to be enabled much earlier than we do on ARM, which is non-trivial.
+
endmenu
menu "CPU Power Management"