System Information UUID

[Michael_E_Brown at Dell.com]

Sample code (completely untested):

const unsigned int uuidOffset = 0x12;    // completely made up, replace
with real offset
unsigned char uuid[16] = {0,};

// ... Cut ... Get table and item

item->getData( uuidOffset, uuid, sizeof(uuid));

--
Michael


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brown, Michael E 
> Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 10:19 AM
> To: 'Adrian Freemantle'; libsmbios-devel at lists.us.dell.com
> Subject: RE: System Information UUID
> 
> The getXX_FromItem() are convenience methods, designed to be 
> typesafe and buffer-overrun-proof methods of getting data 
> from an item. They are also non-member functions so that they 
> do not pollute the class namespace unnecessarily. Under the 
> covers, though, each is simply implemented in terms of a 
> template non-member getData() function. This template 
> function calls the class member function ->getData() with the 
> appropriate offset/size args.
> 
> If you want to get odd-sized data, you can use the raw 
> ->getData() method on the item directly. The prototype is:
> 
> 	void getData( unsigned int offset, void *out, size_t size ) 
> 
> Pass in the offset to start at, a pointer to a buffer to hold 
> the result, and the number of bytes to copy. It will raise an 
> exception if you try to copy more data than exists in the item.
> --
> Michael
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: libsmbios-devel-bounces at lists.us.dell.com
> > [mailto:libsmbios-devel-bounces at lists.us.dell.com] On 
> Behalf Of Adrian 
> > Freemantle
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 7:35 AM
> > To: libsmbios-devel at lists.us.dell.com
> > Subject: System Information UUID
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I would like to know how one retrieves the UUID as it 
> consists of 16 
> > bytes (128 bits). The largest accessor method I can find is the 
> > getU64_FromItem.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Adrian Freemantle
> > 
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