Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758274AbYGIPve (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jul 2008 11:51:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754840AbYGIPv1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jul 2008 11:51:27 -0400 Received: from earthlight.etchedpixels.co.uk ([81.2.110.250]:51229 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754323AbYGIPv0 (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jul 2008 11:51:26 -0400 Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 16:18:43 +0100 From: Alan Cox To: "Altobelli, David" Cc: Martin Knoblauch , Pavel Machek , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "greg@kroah.com" Subject: Re: [PATCH][resubmit] HP iLO driver Message-ID: <20080709161843.149f9055@the-village.bc.nu> In-Reply-To: References: <19533.95591.qm@web32604.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.4.0 (GTK+ 2.12.8; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Organization: Red Hat UK Cyf., Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, Y Deyrnas Gyfunol. Cofrestrwyd yng Nghymru a Lloegr o'r rhif cofrestru 3798903 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 867 Lines: 19 > hpdiags and hp-snmp-agents both use this driver to gather basic > management processor info, stuff like MP NIC config and stats, > serial number, etc (but no sensors). That all sounds like stuff which should be in sys or proc. That would also give the simple read/write interfaces people want and make it scriptable without random HP tools that may cease to be available some day in the future. As to supporting old software, well HP decided not to submit the original driver so HP committed to a non upstream API. Thats a hole HP dug and despite the fact people are always warned about it have now fallen down. Alan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/