linux-kernel - [PATCH] firmware: dmi_scan: Use lowercase letters for UUID

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Date:   Sun, 8 Apr 2018 09:38:26 +0200
From:   Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>
To:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] firmware: dmi_scan: Use lowercase letters for UUID

RFC 4122 asks for letters a-f in UUID to be lowercase. Follow this
recommendation.

Suggested by Paul Dagnelie at:
https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?53569

Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>
---
 drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- linux-4.16.orig/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c	2018-04-01 23:20:27.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-4.16/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c	2018-04-08 09:32:20.508719012 +0200
@@ -210,9 +210,9 @@ static void __init dmi_save_uuid(const s
 	 * says that this is the defacto standard.
 	 */
 	if (dmi_ver >= 0x020600)
-		sprintf(s, "%pUL", d);
+		sprintf(s, "%pUl", d);
 	else
-		sprintf(s, "%pUB", d);
+		sprintf(s, "%pUb", d);
 
 	dmi_ident[slot] = s;
 }


-- 
Jean Delvare
SUSE L3 Support