Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 10:30:28 -0700
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com>
Cc: Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
        Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>, mikew@google.com,
        Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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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