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

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Message-ID: <CAHpmHuUwQkhe3J1rTN6=ifjOgnY6JiefTfE2=5ORS3WguDy5jg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 13:19:51 +0100
From: Antoine Lassagne <antoine.lassagne@...onical.com>
To: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] firmware/dmi: Include product_family info to modalias

Thank you very much!

Some context: Ubuntu has a mechanism to install packages automatically
on machines depending on their modalias signature [1].
I'm building some packages that deliver an optimized performance for
DGX Spark [2]. I'd like these to install automatically not only on DGX
Spark, but also on the OEM versions delivered by HP, Lenovo, Dell,
etc. I was assured that the Family was something reliable to identify
all these machines, who have the same value in it ("DGXSpark"). The
rest of the modalias can change significantly, hence I cant' use it to
identify the devices.

[1] github.com/canonical/ubuntu-drivers-common
[2] https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/products/workstations/dgx-spark/


On Fri, 30 Jan 2026 at 11:55, Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de> wrote:
>
> Hi Antoine,
>
> On Fri, 16 Jan 2026 14:03:15 +0100, Antoine Lassagne wrote:
> > Some platforms rely on modalias to customize configuration,
> > the product family helps to identify the hardware.
> >
> > Add product_family to modalias for better utilization.
> > This patch mimics commit e26f023e01ef ("firmware/dmi:
> > Include product_sku info to modalias") that did the same
> > for product_sku, and commit f97a2103f1a7 ("firmware: dmi:
> > Move product_sku info to the end of the modalias") that
> > fixed regressions caused by the added field notbeing in
>
> Missing space (no worry, I'll fix it as I commit the patch).
>
> > the end of the list.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Antoine Lassagne <antoine.lassagne@...onical.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/firmware/dmi-id.c | 1 +
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/firmware/dmi-id.c b/drivers/firmware/dmi-id.c
> > index d19c78a78ae3..6b5c7bf35387 100644
> > --- a/drivers/firmware/dmi-id.c
> > +++ b/drivers/firmware/dmi-id.c
> > @@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ static ssize_t get_modalias(char *buffer, size_t buffer_size)
> >               { "ct",  DMI_CHASSIS_TYPE },
> >               { "cvr", DMI_CHASSIS_VERSION },
> >               { "sku", DMI_PRODUCT_SKU },
> > +             { "pfa", DMI_PRODUCT_FAMILY },
> >               { NULL,  DMI_NONE }
> >       };
> >
>
> Looks reasonable. Out of curiosity, what is your practical use case?
>
> --
> Jean Delvare
> SUSE L3 Support