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Subject[PATCH 3/10] x86 boot: add header comment to dmi.h stating what it is
From: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com>

The "dmi.h" file did not state anywhere in the file what "DMI" was.
For those who know, it's obvious. For the rest of us, I added a
brief opening comment.

Signed-off-by: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com>

---
drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

--- linux.orig/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c 2008-04-16 19:49:44.000000000 -0700
+++ linux/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c 2008-05-05 03:41:45.921911888 -0700
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <asm/dmi.h>

+/*
+ * DMI stands for "Desktop Management Interface". It is part
+ * of and an antecedent to, SMBIOS, which stands for System
+ * Management BIOS. See further: http://www.dmtf.org/standards
+ */
static char dmi_empty_string[] = " ";

static const char * __init dmi_string_nosave(const struct dmi_header *dm, u8 s)
--
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