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Message-ID: <20100528181100.GA12806@auslistsprd01.us.dell.com>
Date:	Fri, 28 May 2010 13:11:00 -0500
From:	Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@...l.com>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	"K, Narendra" <Narendra_K@...l.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-hotplug@...r.kernel.org" <linux-hotplug@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Hargrave, Jordan" <Jordan_Hargrave@...l.com>,
	"Rose, Charles" <Charles_Rose@...l.com>,
	"Nijhawan, Vijay" <Vijay_Nijhawan@...l.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Export firmware assigned labels of network devices to sysfs

On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 08:40:41AM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 06:55:21AM -0500, K, Narendra wrote:
> > +static const char dell_dsm_uuid[] = {
> 
> Um, a dell specific uuid in a generic file?  What happens when we need
> to support another manufacturer?
> 
> > +       0xD0, 0x37, 0xC9, 0xE5, 0x53, 0x35, 0x7A, 0x4D,
> > +       0x91, 0x17, 0xEA, 0x4D, 0x19, 0xC3, 0x43, 0x4D
> > +};

This simply needs to be renamed.  It's defined in the ECN, so will be
part of the spec, and is not vendor-unique, but defined once for all
implementations.  It separates this _DSM function from others.

Thanks for the quick feedback.

Thanks,
Matt

-- 
Matt Domsch
Technology Strategist
Dell | Office of the CTO
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