Messages in this thread | | | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/1 v2 ] ipmi: Setting OS name as Linux in BMC | Date | Thu, 28 Jun 2012 17:01:54 -0700 |
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<Srinivas_G_Gowda@Dell.com> writes: > + > + data[0] = param_select; > + data[1] = set_selector; > + data[2] = string_encode; > + data[3] = str_len; > + data[4] = 'L'; > + data[5] = 'i'; > + data[6] = 'n'; > + data[7] = 'u'; > + data[8] = 'x';
Not sure that's all that useful. I can just see BMC's making the ACPI mistake of trying to work around specific issues, by checking for Linux.
But since there are so many different Linux that will never work because "Linux" does not describe a fixed release or code base.
Probably dangerous.
-Andi
-- ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only
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