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Message-ID: <20120817173837.GA3080@kroah.com>
Date:	Fri, 17 Aug 2012 10:38:37 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
Cc:	"K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devel@...uxdriverproject.org,
	olaf@...fle.de, apw@...onical.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 08/14] Tools: hv: Gather DNS information

On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 06:32:09PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 09:51:09AM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 06:32:19PM -0700, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote:
> > > Now, gather DNS information. Invoke an external script (that can be
> > > distro dependent) to gather the DNS information.
> > 
> > Where is that script?  Why a script, this really isn't in a standard
> > method for all Linux distros?  If not, why not work to do that like the
> > freedesktop.org people have done for other system configuration items?
>  
> I suggested using the Network Manager D-Bus API.  That obviously
> isn't going to work everywhere, but it seems to cover the same simple
> cases that this hypervisor-guest interface allows for.

That's a great start, as I think all of the distros have now pretty much
standardized on this format, right?

greg k-h
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