From: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dzickus@redhat.com,
Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH]: SMBIOS: Add initial code and export version via sysfs
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 15:12:50 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D825D32.1080309@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110317190932.074949b4@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
On 03/17/2011 03:09 PM, Alan Cox wrote:
>> +static struct class smbios_class = {
>> + .name = "smbios",
>> + .dev_release = (void(*)(struct device *)) kfree,
>> +};
>>
> I thought the policy was no new classes- Greg ?
>
Greg, eventually the SMBIOS code could replace the mixed DMI/SMBIOS code
we have right now. If there is a "no new classes" policy, could you
give me an idea of what I should do/use instead? The DMI stuff is
currently in its own class ...
>
>> + smbios_iounmap(buf, sizeof(*smbios_step));
>> + printk(KERN_INFO "SMBIOS: Invalid STEP table checksum = %u\n",
>> + chksum1);
>>
> Surely this isn't INFO ?
>
>
Good point :) I can certainly make that higher or a WARN_ON in the next
version.
P.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-03-17 19:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-03-17 13:57 [PATCH]: SMBIOS: Add initial code and export version via sysfs Prarit Bhargava
2011-03-17 19:09 ` Alan Cox
2011-03-17 19:12 ` Prarit Bhargava [this message]
2011-03-17 19:22 ` Greg KH
2011-03-17 19:30 ` Greg KH
2011-03-17 19:55 ` Prarit Bhargava
2011-03-17 20:07 ` Greg KH
2011-03-21 15:45 ` Prarit Bhargava
2011-03-21 16:06 ` Alan Cox
2011-03-27 22:29 ` Prarit Bhargava
2011-03-17 20:08 ` Prarit Bhargava
2011-03-17 20:15 ` Greg KH
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