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Date:	Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:20:19 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@...l.com>
Cc:	Narendra K <Narendra_K@...l.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-hotplug@...r.kernel.org, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
	charles_rose@...l.com, jordan_hargrave@...l.com,
	vijay_nijhawan@...l.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3] Export SMBIOS provided firmware instance and label
 to sysfs

On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 09:58:09AM -0500, Matt Domsch wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 06:55:57AM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 08:34:56AM -0500, Narendra K wrote:
> > > --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci
> > > +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci
> > > @@ -179,3 +179,30 @@ Contact:	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org
> > >  Description:
> > >  		This symbolic link points to the PCI hotplug controller driver
> > >  		module that manages the hotplug slot.
> > > +
> > > +What:		/sys/bus/pci/devices/.../label
> > > +Date:		July 2010
> > > +Contact:	linux-bugs@...l.com
> > 
> > that's not your email address.  Please don't hide behind some random
> > address, Linux is about contacting developers directly were ever
> > possible.
> 
> That's actually the public email address for the whole Linux
> engineering team (including engineers and managers) at Dell, of which
> Narendra is a part.  It's the address we publish for people to include
> on the cc: list of bugzilla issues on the kernel.org, Novell, and Red
> Hat bugzillas.  This ensures someone on the team will see bug reports
> or patches and act accordingly, likely Narendra, but could be anyone
> in the future once Narendra is promoted or changes responsibilities
> (or even employers).

Ok, I don't really like it, but if that's what Dell wants to do, I guess
it's acceptable.

thanks,

greg k-h
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