Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 5 Apr 2011 10:30:28 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: /sys/firmware/dmi name change? |
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On Tue, Apr 05, 2011 at 01:15:38PM -0400, Prarit Bhargava wrote: > commit 948af1f0bbc8526448e8cbe3f8d3bf211bdf5181 (and follow on commits) > introduced a new firmware directory called /sys/firmware/dmi which > provides broken out SMBIOS entries for userspace. > > In a previous discussion I've mentioned that it would be a good idea for > us to move away from using 'dmi' towards using 'smbios' and centralizing > the SMBIOS code that is scattered throughout the kernel. One of my > changes was to export the SMBIOS information in a similar way that Mike > did in drivers/firmware/dmi-sysfs.c. > > Since this API is new for 2.6.39, can we change the name of the > directory to /sys/firmware/smbios? Otherwise in 2.6.40, when further > changes are introduced to use SMBIOS in the kernel we will have to > change something that has been stable for one release. > > Mike? Greg? Alan? What do you think? IIUC, the interface isn't yet > "stable" so it should be changed now, correct?
Fine with me if Mike's ok with it as well. If so, someone send me a patch quick!
thanks,
greg k-h
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