Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sat, 16 Jul 2005 20:24:07 -0700 | | From | Chris Wedgwood <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] char: Add Dell Systems Management Base driver |
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On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 06:17:29PM -0500, Doug Warzecha wrote:
> Because the hardware interfaces on those systems and the Dell > systems management software that access the interfaces are > proprietary, I can't provide specifications for the interfaces or > source code for the software.
So you want a driver merged which nobody except Dell can write code for?
> The systems that are supported by the dcdbas driver contain the > following Dell proprietary hardware systems management interfaces: > Temperature Voltage Monitor (TVM) and Calling Interface. These > interfaces are supported by older Dell PowerEdge systems.
What's so special here that you can't give more details? I personally find it a little unfair to ask to have a driver merged into mainline to facilitate some proprietary userland where you refuse to give protocol level details to create a viable alternative.
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