RE: [RFC][patch 2.6.12-rc3] dell_rbu: Resubmitting patch for new Dell BIOS update driver

[<Abhay_Salunke@Dell.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu [mailto:Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 2:24 PM
> To: Salunke, Abhay
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; greg@kroah.com
> Subject: Re: [RFC][patch 2.6.12-rc3] dell_rbu: Resubmitting patch for
new
> Dell BIOS update driver
> 
> On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 15:26:40 CDT, Abhay Salunke said:
> > This patch adds a new function to firmware_calss.c
> request_firmware_nowait_nohotplug .
> > The dell_rbu driver uses this call to create entries in
> /sys/class/firmware.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Abhay Salunke <Abhay_Salunke@dell.com>
> >
> > Thanks
> > Abhay
> > diff -uprN linux-2.6.11.11.orig/Documentation/dell_rbu.txt linux-
> 2.6.11.11.new/Documentation/dell_rbu.txt
> 
> > +This driver enables userspace applications to update the BIOS on
Dell
> servers
> > +(starting from servers sold since 1999), desktops and notebooks
> (starting
> > +from those sold in 2005).
> 
> I may be blind, but I'm not seeing where this code makes a check -
what
> happens
> if I try to run this on my 3-year-old Latitude laptop?
This driver should be able to support both server and client systems...
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