The dmidecode program seems more robust than hwinfo and is included in the OS's we currently use.
hwinfo is added by the zen agent and is often outdated and slower.
by: Jeff S. | over a year ago | Inventory
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use dmidecode instead of hwinfo on linux agents
by: Jeff S. | over a year ago | Inventory
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https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/5/html/5.5_technical_notes/dmidecode
It has been around a while too.