linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] firmware/dmi: Include product

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Date:   Thu, 22 Oct 2020 14:42:55 +0200
From:   Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>
To:     kaichuan.hsieh@...onical.com
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] firmware/dmi: Include product_sku info to modalias

Hi Kai-Chuan,

On Thu, 22 Oct 2020 14:40:47 +0800, kaichuan.hsieh@...onical.com wrote:
> From: Kai-Chuan Hsieh <kaichuan.hsieh@...onical.com>
> 
> Some Dell platforms rely on modalias to customize configuration,
> the product sku can be more specific for the hardware.
> 
> Add product_sku to modalias for better utilization.

Do you have an actual use case for this already, or is it a theoretical
concern?

-- 
Jean Delvare
SUSE L3 Support