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From: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com>
To: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Brown, Len" <len.brown@intel.com>
Subject: RFC: Output ACPI info via sysfs
Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 10:57:34 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <446350DE.9010900@redhat.com> (raw)

Currently, after booting a system there is no way to tell what hardware 
is currently in the system.  The current output from sysfs only 
indicates what knowledge the kernel has of the system (ie, is limited by 
NR_CPUS, etc.).  However, during ACPI initialization a lot of data is 
output to the console about the precise number of CPUs, lapics, etc.

Having this information is useful to anyone (or any application) 
interested in querying the real system information.

Any thoughts, concerns?  (Code not yet generated -- just looking for an 
okay on the RFC)

P.





             reply	other threads:[~2006-05-11 14:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-05-11 14:57 Prarit Bhargava [this message]
2006-05-11 15:45 ` RFC: Output ACPI info via sysfs Bjorn Helgaas
2006-05-11 17:41   ` Prarit Bhargava

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