linux-kernel - Purpose of dmi-sysfs kernel module

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Message-ID: <20140514112347.3f630565@endymion.delvare>
Date:	Wed, 14 May 2014 11:23:47 +0200
From:	Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>
To:	Mike Waychison <mikew@...gle.com>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Purpose of dmi-sysfs kernel module

Hi Mike, Bjorn,

Sorry for joining the party a little late but I am just discovering the
dmi-sysfs kernel module. I have to admit that I am very curious about
why it was needed. What does it let you achieve that you couldn't
already do with dmidecode [1]?

I read on LWM [2] that you were mostly interested in type 15 records,
to gain access to the System Event Log information. Well, "dmidecode -t
15" does exactly that. It may be a bit late now but if anything is
missing from dmidecode, I would rather add it there than implement a
separate solution.

[1] http://www.nongnu.org/dmidecode/
[2] http://lwn.net/Articles/429427/

Thanks,
-- 
Jean Delvare
SUSE L3 Support
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