From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: <Srinivas_G_Gowda@Dell.com>
Cc: <tcminyard@gmail.com>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
<openipmi@mvista.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1 v2 ] ipmi: Setting OS name as Linux in BMC
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 17:01:54 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2k3yrgf4d.fsf@firstfloor.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4FEC8A28.4070806@dell.com> (Srinivas G. Gowda's message of "Thu, 28 Jun 2012 09:45:28 -0700")
<Srinivas_G_Gowda@Dell.com> writes:
> +
> + data[0] = param_select;
> + data[1] = set_selector;
> + data[2] = string_encode;
> + data[3] = str_len;
> + data[4] = 'L';
> + data[5] = 'i';
> + data[6] = 'n';
> + data[7] = 'u';
> + data[8] = 'x';
Not sure that's all that useful. I can just see BMC's making the ACPI
mistake of trying to work around specific issues, by checking for
Linux.
But since there are so many different Linux that will never work
because "Linux" does not describe a fixed release or code base.
Probably dangerous.
-Andi
--
ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-06-29 0:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <4FEC8931.5020001@dell.com>
2012-06-28 16:45 ` [PATCH 1/1 v2 ] ipmi: Setting OS name as Linux in BMC Srinivas_G_Gowda
2012-06-29 0:01 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2012-06-29 3:06 ` Corey Minyard
2012-06-29 12:30 ` Matthew Garrett
2012-06-29 14:27 ` Corey Minyard
2012-07-04 5:11 ` Srinivas_G_Gowda
2012-07-04 12:17 ` Andi Kleen
2012-07-04 17:41 ` Corey Minyard
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