linux-kernel - RE: [PATCHv3 1/2] platform/x86: dell-sysman: remove match on www.dell.com

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Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2024 14:30:21 +0000
From: "Wang, Crag" <Crag.Wang@...l.com>
To: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>, Crag Wang <crag0715@...il.com>,
        "Limonciello, Mario" <mario.limonciello@....com>,
        "Ksr, Prasanth"
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        Ilpo Järvinen
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CC: Dell Client Kernel <Dell.Client.Kernel@...l.com>,
        "platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org" <platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCHv3 1/2] platform/x86: dell-sysman: remove match on
 www.dell.com

> But those old systems presumably still exist somewhere out there, right ?

Products with this driver have Dell System in place.

> And if they still exist then we do still want to support them, so I'm not sure why
> you think it is a good idea to drop this test ?

We can keep the check as it's harmless though the match should rely on Dell System
more than the URL, which is mainly for super older cases without Dell System.

> Adding the alienware match seems fine, dropping the URL match seems like a
> bad idea unless you are 100% sure that there are no systems out there which
> rely in this match to load dell-wmi-sysman.

I'll re-send with just the addition.

Crag