From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751159Ab1GSAow (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Jul 2011 20:44:52 -0400 Received: from mga02.intel.com ([134.134.136.20]:32326 "EHLO mga02.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750868Ab1GSAov (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Jul 2011 20:44:51 -0400 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.67,225,1309762800"; d="scan'208";a="29165635" From: Andi Kleen To: Prarit Bhargava Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/34] System Firmware Interface References: <1310994528-26276-1-git-send-email-prarit@redhat.com> <1310994528-26276-2-git-send-email-prarit@redhat.com> Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:43:08 -0700 In-Reply-To: <1310994528-26276-2-git-send-email-prarit@redhat.com> (Prarit Bhargava's message of "Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:08:15 -0400") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Prarit Bhargava writes: Wow that's a cc list from hell. Cut down to linux-kernel. > This patch introduces a general System Firmware interface to the kernel, called > sysfw. Could you expand somewhat WHY you want this. What is wrong with the current code? As for user space access on x86 "dmidecode"/libdmi works for nearly everyone, doesn't it? -Andi -- ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only