netdev - RE: [PATCH 1/2] Export firmware assigned labels of network devices to sysfs

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Message-ID: <1275522884.17895.8.camel@concordia>
Date:	Thu, 03 Jun 2010 09:54:44 +1000
From:	Michael Ellerman <michael@...erman.id.au>
To:	Narendra_K@...l.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-hotplug@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, Matt_Domsch@...l.com,
	Jordan_Hargrave@...l.com, Charles_Rose@...l.com,
	Vijay_Nijhawan@...l.com
Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/2] Export firmware assigned labels of network devices
 to sysfs

On Tue, 2010-06-01 at 00:12 +0530, Narendra_K@...l.com wrote:
> > On Fri, 2010-05-28 at 06:55 -0500, K, Narendra wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > This patch is in continuation of an earlier discussion -
> > >
> > > http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=126712978908314&w=3
> > >
> > > The patch has the following review suggestions from the community
> > > incorporated -
> > >
> > > 1. The name of the attribute has been changed from "smbiosname" to
> > > "label" to hide the implementation details.
> > > 2. The implementation has been moved to a new file
> > > drivers/pci/pci-label.c
> > 
> > You've changed the name, which is good, but the implementation is still
> > 100% dependant on ACPI or DMI AFAICS.
> > 
> > So it seems to me until it's supported on another platform it may as
> > well go in pci-acpi.c, 
> 
> You mean the ACPI _DSM ? If yes, it is expected to become a standard
> very soon. I assume you meant non-Dell platforms by another platform.

No. I mean non-x86 platforms, yes they still exist.

cheers

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