linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/10] x86 boot: add header comment to dmi.h stating what it is

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Message-Id: <20080514151516.148486.56588.sendpatchset@jackhammer.engr.sgi.com>
Date:	Wed, 14 May 2008 08:15:16 -0700
From:	Paul Jackson <pj@....com>
To:	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	"Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"Jack Steiner" <steiner@....com>, "Mike Travis" <travis@....com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com>,
	"Andi Kleen" <andi@...stfloor.org>, "Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Paul Jackson <pj@....com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/10] x86 boot: add header comment to dmi.h stating what it is

From: Paul Jackson <pj@....com>

The "dmi.h" file did not state anywhere in the file what "DMI" was.
For those who know, it's obvious.  For the rest of us, I added a
brief opening comment.

Signed-off-by: Paul Jackson <pj@....com>

---
 drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c |    5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

--- linux.orig/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c	2008-04-16 19:49:44.000000000 -0700
+++ linux/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c	2008-05-05 03:41:45.921911888 -0700
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <asm/dmi.h>
 
+/*
+ * DMI stands for "Desktop Management Interface".  It is part
+ * of and an antecedent to, SMBIOS, which stands for System
+ * Management BIOS.  See further: http://www.dmtf.org/standards
+ */
 static char dmi_empty_string[] = "        ";
 
 static const char * __init dmi_string_nosave(const struct dmi_header *dm, u8 s)

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