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DateMon, 29 May 2006 09:19:14 +0200
FromVojtech Pavlik <>
SubjectRe: Should we make dmi_check_system case insensitive?
On Mon, May 29, 2006 at 01:31:41AM -0400, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a request to add entry for "LifeBook B Series" to lifebook driver to
> accomodate lifebook B2545, however we already have entry for "LIFEBOOK B
> Series" (used by some other model) which is not working. Would anyone
> be opposed making dmi_check_system() ignore string case? We would have to
> malloc/copy both strings and lowercase them before doing stsstr...   

I think it's easier to just add the second entry. We're trying to
distinguish individual machines here, the fact that we have a single DMI
entry accomodating a whole series is an exception.

-- 
Vojtech Pavlik
Director SuSE Labs
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