Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758619Ab2HQRsi (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Aug 2012 13:48:38 -0400 Received: from va3ehsobe002.messaging.microsoft.com ([216.32.180.12]:18112 "EHLO va3outboundpool.messaging.microsoft.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752507Ab2HQRsa convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Aug 2012 13:48:30 -0400 X-Forefront-Antispam-Report: CIP:131.107.125.8;KIP:(null);UIP:(null);IPV:NLI;H:TK5EX14MLTC101.redmond.corp.microsoft.com;RD:none;EFVD:NLI X-SpamScore: -8 X-BigFish: VS-8(zz98dI9371I542M1432Izz1202hzz8275bh8275dhz2fh2a8h683h839h944hd25hf0ah107ah) X-Forefront-Antispam-Report-Untrusted: CIP:157.56.234.5;KIP:(null);UIP:(null);(null);H:SN2PRD0310HT003.namprd03.prod.outlook.com;R:internal;EFV:INT From: KY Srinivasan To: Ben Hutchings , Greg KH CC: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "devel@linuxdriverproject.org" , "olaf@aepfle.de" , "apw@canonical.com" Subject: RE: [PATCH V3 08/14] Tools: hv: Gather DNS information Thread-Topic: [PATCH V3 08/14] Tools: hv: Gather DNS information Thread-Index: AQHNfBXfRZ51oH5JRU6o6Q09JaeVqJdeONSAgAALdYCAAAEfMA== Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2012 17:46:53 +0000 Message-ID: <426367E2313C2449837CD2DE46E7EAF9236C1F2C@SN2PRD0310MB382.namprd03.prod.outlook.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> <20120817173209.GA29217@decadent.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20120817173209.GA29217@decadent.org.uk> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [173.61.55.165] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OrganizationHeadersPreserved: SN2PRD0310HT003.namprd03.prod.outlook.com X-FOPE-CONNECTOR: Id%0$Dn%*$RO%0$TLS%0$FQDN%$TlsDn% X-FOPE-CONNECTOR: Id%59$Dn%DECADENT.ORG.UK$RO%2$TLS%6$FQDN%131.107.125.5$TlsDn% X-FOPE-CONNECTOR: Id%59$Dn%LINUXFOUNDATION.ORG$RO%2$TLS%6$FQDN%131.107.125.5$TlsDn% X-FOPE-CONNECTOR: Id%59$Dn%VGER.KERNEL.ORG$RO%2$TLS%6$FQDN%131.107.125.5$TlsDn% X-FOPE-CONNECTOR: Id%59$Dn%LINUXDRIVERPROJECT.ORG$RO%2$TLS%6$FQDN%131.107.125.5$TlsDn% X-FOPE-CONNECTOR: Id%59$Dn%AEPFLE.DE$RO%2$TLS%6$FQDN%131.107.125.5$TlsDn% X-FOPE-CONNECTOR: Id%59$Dn%CANONICAL.COM$RO%2$TLS%6$FQDN%131.107.125.5$TlsDn% X-CrossPremisesHeadersPromoted: TK5EX14MLTC101.redmond.corp.microsoft.com X-CrossPremisesHeadersFiltered: TK5EX14MLTC101.redmond.corp.microsoft.com X-OriginatorOrg: microsoft.com Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1400 Lines: 36 > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Hutchings [mailto:ben@decadent.org.uk] > Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 1:32 PM > To: Greg KH > Cc: KY Srinivasan; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; devel@linuxdriverproject.org; > olaf@aepfle.de; apw@canonical.com > Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 08/14] Tools: hv: Gather DNS information > > On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 09:51:09AM -0700, Greg KH 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? > > I suggested using the Network Manager D-Bus API. That obviously > isn't going to work everywhere, but it seems to cover the same simple > cases that this hypervisor-guest interface allows for. The scheme Olaf proposed, which is what I have implemented here does not preclude using the D-BUS API in the external script. Regards, K. Y -- 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/