Method

FwupdPluginSmbiosget_string

Declaration [src]

const gchar*
fu_smbios_get_string (
  FuSmbios* self,
  guint8 type,
  guint8 offset,
  GError** error
)

Description [src]

Reads a string from the SMBIOS string table of a specific structure.

The type and offset can be referenced from the DMTF SMBIOS specification: https://www.dmtf.org/sites/default/files/standards/documents/DSP0134_3.1.1.pdf.

Available since:1.0.0

Parameters

type guint8
 

A structure type, e.g. FU_SMBIOS_STRUCTURE_TYPE_BIOS.

offset guint8
 

A structure offset.

error GError **
  The return location for a GError*, or NULL.

Return value

Returns: const gchar*
 

A string, or NULL if invalid or not found.

 The data is owned by the instance.
 The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.