Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758105Ab2HQRRq (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Aug 2012 13:17:46 -0400 Received: from mail-gh0-f174.google.com ([209.85.160.174]:64642 "EHLO mail-gh0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757726Ab2HQRRh (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Aug 2012 13:17:37 -0400 Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2012 10:17:28 -0700 From: Greg KH To: KY Srinivasan Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "devel@linuxdriverproject.org" , "olaf@aepfle.de" , "apw@canonical.com" , "ben@decadent.org.uk" Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 08/14] Tools: hv: Gather DNS information Message-ID: <20120817171728.GA14288@kroah.com> References: <1345167068-5461-1-git-send-email-kys@microsoft.com> <1345167145-5513-1-git-send-email-kys@microsoft.com> <1345167145-5513-8-git-send-email-kys@microsoft.com> <20120817165109.GA11323@kroah.com> <426367E2313C2449837CD2DE46E7EAF9236C1E63@SN2PRD0310MB382.namprd03.prod.outlook.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <426367E2313C2449837CD2DE46E7EAF9236C1E63@SN2PRD0310MB382.namprd03.prod.outlook.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1469 Lines: 26 On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 05:07:22PM +0000, KY Srinivasan wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 06:32:19PM -0700, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote: > > > Now, gather DNS information. Invoke an external script (that can be > > > distro dependent) to gather the DNS information. > > > > Where is that script? Why a script, this really isn't in a standard > > method for all Linux distros? If not, why not work to do that like the > > freedesktop.org people have done for other system configuration items? > > We debated this issue on this mailing list for a long time. The consensus was that > we would invoke external "distro" specific scripts for both configuring the interface > as well as gathering information that could not be gathered in a distro independent > fashion. That is what I have implemented here. This code specifies the interface to this > external script. If these external scripts are not there, it is not fatal - on the SET side, > the interface will not be configured and on the get side some attributes that are to be > gathered via these external scripts will not be collected. I've applied the first 7 patches here, feel free to submit the rest when you answer the other questions I asked as well. greg k-h -- 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/