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Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 00:37:53 +0100 (CET)
From: Dave Jones <davej@suse.de>
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On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Lionel Bouton wrote:

> > If /proc/dmi were to go in soon, at least I *could* rely on it in 2.6.
> If in rc.sysinit a call to "dmidecode > /var/run/dmi" were to go in the
> user space 2.6 kernel build dependancies in Documentation/Changes,
> you'll be on the same level.

Could even be done as part of Al's early-userspace, thus removing the
reliance upon vendors to do it.  Does imply that you're building 2.6 on a
2.6 enabled distro though.

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| Dave Jones.        http://www.codemonkey.org.uk
| SuSE Labs

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