... will be removed from HAL with end of this month, because they are deprecated since 12 months now and already replaced by other keys/properties. The affected keys (old --> new/replacement) are:
2008-02-28:
- smbios.system.manufacturer --> system.hardware.vendor
- smbios.system.product --> system.hardware.product
- smbios.system.version --> system.hardware.version
- smbios.system.serial --> system.hardware.serial
- smbios.system.uuid --> system.hardware.uuid
- smbios.bios.vendor --> system.firmware.vendor
- smbios.bios.version --> system.firmware.version
- smbios.bios.release_date --> system.firmware.release_date
- smbios.chassis.manufacturer --> system.chassis.manufacturer
- smbios.chassis.type --> system.chassis.type
- system.vendor --> system.hardware.vendor
2008-03-01:
- info.bus --> info.subsystem
- *.physical_device --> *.orginating_device
Please note, that there are some other (IMO rarely used) keys which are planed to be removed end of March:
2008-03-21:
- usb_device.speed_bcd (int) --> usb_device.speed (double)
- usb_device.version_bcd (int) --> usb_device.version (double)
Please check your packages for these keys (code and shipped fdi-files) and prepare them for the next HAL package. If you use openSUSE or you package RPMs for openSUSE: the next HAL version for openSUSE 11.0 (Beta) will be shipped without support for these keys.