linux-kernel - Re: /sys/firmware/dmi name change?

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Message-ID: <20110405182324.6dbbba08@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Tue, 5 Apr 2011 18:23:24 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com>, mikew@...gle.com,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Subject: Re: /sys/firmware/dmi name change?

On Tue, 05 Apr 2011 13:15:38 -0400
Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com> wrote:

> commit 948af1f0bbc8526448e8cbe3f8d3bf211bdf5181 (and follow on commits)
> introduced a new firmware directory called /sys/firmware/dmi which
> provides broken out SMBIOS entries for userspace.
> 
> In a previous discussion I've mentioned that it would be a good idea for
> us to move away from using 'dmi' towards using 'smbios' and centralizing
> the SMBIOS code that is scattered throughout the kernel.  One of my
> changes was to export the SMBIOS information in a similar way that Mike
> did in drivers/firmware/dmi-sysfs.c.
> 
> Since this API is new for 2.6.39, can we change the name of the
> directory to /sys/firmware/smbios?  Otherwise in 2.6.40, when further
> changes are introduced to use SMBIOS in the kernel we will have to
> change something that has been stable for one release.
> 
> Mike?  Greg?  Alan?  What do you think?  IIUC, the interface isn't yet
> "stable" so it should be changed now, correct?

Seems sensible to me

Alan
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