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<table class="head">
  <tr>
    <td class="head-ltitle">SMBIOS(4)</td>
    <td class="head-vol">Device Drivers Manual</td>
    <td class="head-rtitle">SMBIOS(4)</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<div class="manual-text">
<section class="Sh">
<h1 class="Sh" id="NAME"><a class="permalink" href="#NAME">NAME</a></h1>
<p class="Pp"><code class="Nm">smbios</code> &#x2014; <span class="Nd">System
    Management BIOS</span></p>
</section>
<section class="Sh">
<h1 class="Sh" id="SYNOPSIS"><a class="permalink" href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></h1>
<p class="Pp">To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines
    in your kernel configuration file:</p>
<div class="Bd Pp Bd-indent"><code class="Cd">device smbios</code></div>
<p class="Pp">Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place
    the following line in <a class="Xr">loader.conf(5)</a>:</p>
<div class="Bd Pp Bd-indent Li">
<pre>smbios_load=&quot;YES&quot;</pre>
</div>
</section>
<section class="Sh">
<h1 class="Sh" id="DESCRIPTION"><a class="permalink" href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></h1>
<p class="Pp">The System Management BIOS (SMBIOS) describes hardware
  components.</p>
</section>
<section class="Sh">
<h1 class="Sh" id="SEE_ALSO"><a class="permalink" href="#SEE_ALSO">SEE
  ALSO</a></h1>
<p class="Pp"><a class="Xr">efi(8)</a></p>
<p class="Pp"><cite class="Rs"><span class="RsT">System Management BIOS (SMBIOS)
    Reference Specification</span>, <span class="RsN">DMTF
    DSP0134</span>.</cite></p>
</section>
<section class="Sh">
<h1 class="Sh" id="HISTORY"><a class="permalink" href="#HISTORY">HISTORY</a></h1>
<p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">smbios</code> device driver first appeared in
    <span class="Ux">FreeBSD 4.8</span>.</p>
</section>
<section class="Sh">
<h1 class="Sh" id="AUTHORS"><a class="permalink" href="#AUTHORS">AUTHORS</a></h1>
<p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">smbios</code> device driver was written by
    <span class="An">Matthew N. Dodd</span>
    &lt;<a class="Mt" href="mailto:winter@jurai.net">winter@jurai.net</a>&gt;.
    This manual page was written by
  <br/>
  <span class="An">Gordon Bergling</span>
    &lt;<a class="Mt" href="mailto:gbe@FreeBSD.org">gbe@FreeBSD.org</a>&gt;.</p>
</section>
</div>
<table class="foot">
  <tr>
    <td class="foot-date">April 22, 2020</td>
    <td class="foot-os">FreeBSD 15.0</td>
  </tr>
</table>