};
</programlisting>
- <!--method GetHardwareSerial is not documented!-->
-
- <!--property OperatingSystemSupportEnd is not documented!-->
-
- <!--property HardwareVendor is not documented!-->
-
- <!--property HardwareModel is not documented!-->
-
- <!--property FirmwareVersion is not documented!-->
-
- <!--property FirmwareVendor is not documented!-->
-
- <!--property FirmwareDate is not documented!-->
-
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<variablelist class="dbus-interface" generated="True" extra-ref="org.freedesktop.hostname1"/>
<constant>UINT32_MAX</constant> otherwise. See <citerefentry project="man-pages"><refentrytitle>vsock</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> for
details.</para>
+ <para><varname>OperatingSystemSupportEnd</varname> exposes when the OS' vendor support ends, if this
+ information is known. It's an unsigned 64bit value, in µs since the UNIX epoch, UTC. If this information
+ is not known carries the value 2^64-1, i.e. <constant>UINT64_MAX</constant>.</para>
+
+ <para><varname>HardwareVendor</varname> and <varname>HardwareModel</varname> expose information about the
+ vendor of the hardware of the system. If no such information can be determined these properties are set
+ to empty strings.</para>
+
+ <para><varname>FirmwareVersion</varname> and <varname>FirmwareVendor</varname> expose information about
+ the system's firmware, i.e. a version string and a vendor name. If no such information can be determined
+ these properties are set to empty strings.</para>
+
+ <para><varname>FirmwareDate</varname> exposes the firmware build date, if that information is known. It's
+ an unsigned 64bit value, in µs since the UNIX epoch, UTC. If not known
+ <constant>UNIT64_MAX</constant>.</para>
+
<refsect2>
<title>Methods</title>
requires root privileges, and this method allows access to unprivileged clients through the polkit
framework.</para>
+ <para><function>GetHardwareSerial()</function> returns the "hardware serial" as exposed by the kernel
+ based on DMI information. Reading the file directly requires root privileges, and this method allows
+ access to unprivileged clients through the polkit framework.</para>
+
<para><function>Describe()</function> returns a JSON representation of all properties in one.</para>
</refsect2>