EnumSystemFirmwareTables function (sysinfoapi.h)
Enumerates all system firmware tables of the specified type.
Syntax
UINT EnumSystemFirmwareTables(
[in] DWORD FirmwareTableProviderSignature,
[out] PVOID pFirmwareTableEnumBuffer,
[in] DWORD BufferSize
);
Parameters
[in] FirmwareTableProviderSignature
The identifier of the firmware table provider to which the query is to be directed. This parameter can be one of the following values.
| Value | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 'ACPI' | The ACPI firmware table provider. |
| 'FIRM' | The raw firmware table provider. Not supported for UEFI systems; use 'RSMB' instead. |
| 'RSMB' | The raw SMBIOS firmware table provider. |
[out] pFirmwareTableEnumBuffer
A pointer to a buffer that receives the list of firmware tables. If this parameter is NULL, the return value is the required buffer size.
For more information on the contents of this buffer, see the Remarks section.
[in] BufferSize
The size of the pFirmwareTableBuffer buffer, in bytes.
Return value
If the function succeeds, the return value is the number of bytes written to the buffer. This value will always be less than or equal to BufferSize.
If the function fails because the buffer is not large enough, the return value is the required buffer size, in bytes. This value is always greater than BufferSize.
If the function fails for any other reason, the return value is zero. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.
Remarks
Starting with Windows 10, version 1803, Universal Windows apps can access the System Management BIOS (SMBIOS) information by declaring the smbios restricted capability in the app manifest. See Access SMBIOS information from a Universal Windows App for details. Only raw SMBIOS (RSMB) firmware tables can be accessed from a Universal Windows app.
As of Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 (SP1), applications cannot access the \Device\PhysicalMemory object. Access to this object is limited to kernel-mode drivers. This change affects applications read System Management BIOS (SMBIOS) or other BIOS data stored in the lowest 1MB of physical memory. Applications have the following alternatives to read data from low physical memory:
- Retrieve the SMBIOS properties using WMI. Many individual properties are contained in the Win32 classes. You can also retrieve the raw SMBIOS data in a single buffer using the MSSMBios_RawSMBiosTables class.
- Use the GetSystemFirmwareTable function to read the raw SMBIOS firmware table.
The raw SMBIOS table provider ('RSMB') currently returns a single table identifier, 0x0000. This corresponds to the raw SMBIOS firmware table.
The raw firmware table provider ('FIRM') returns a list of DWORD table identifiers. Each identifier corresponds to the beginning of a physical address range. Currently, this provider returns 'C0000' and 'E0000'. These values correspond to physical memory from 0xC0000 to 0xDFFFF and 0xE0000 to 0xFFFFF, respectively.
The ACPI table provider ('ACPI') returns a list of DWORD table identifiers. Each identifier returned corresponds to Signature field of the DESCRIPTION_HEADER structure for an ACPI table currently in the ACPI namespace of the system.
For ACPI, if the system contains multiple tables with the same name, they are all enumerated with EnumSystemFirmwareTables. However, GetSystemFirmwareTable retrieves only the first table in the list with this name.
Requirements
| Requirement | Value |
|---|---|
| Minimum supported client | Windows Vista, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition [desktop apps | UWP apps] |
| Minimum supported server | Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003 with SP1 [desktop apps | UWP apps] |
| Target Platform | Windows |
| Header | sysinfoapi.h (include Windows.h) |
| Library | Kernel32.lib |
| DLL | Kernel32.dll |