From: Anisse Astier <anisse@astier.eu>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: zhenzhong.duan@oracle.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
khali@linux-fr.org, Feng Jin <joe.jin@oracle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Check dmi version when get system uuid
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:45:50 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130315184550.2255e71b@serenity> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <500FD2D9.4050007@oracle.com>
On Wed, 25 Jul 2012 19:04:57 +0800, "zhenzhong.duan" <zhenzhong.duan@oracle.com> wrote :
> As of version 2.6 of the SMBIOS specification, the first 3
> fields of the UUID are supposed to be encoded on little-endian.
>
> Also a minor fix to match variable meaning and mute checkpatch.pl
>
I'm late to the party, as this patch went into 3.8, mimicking a patch
sent in 2011:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/1/19/260
Only problem: it breaks the ABI. By changing the value of the DMI UUID
previously sent by the kernel, any application relying on this UUID is
likely to break with 3.8.
I don't know if I should be happy I finally can drop this patch from my
tree, or sad that a different process let it through.
Regards,
Anisse
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2012-07-25 11:04 [PATCH 1/2] Check dmi version when get system uuid zhenzhong.duan
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