172.16.69.129 - libnet biostest idrac ip


This patch is in continuation of an earlier discussion -

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 new file drivers/pci/pci-label.c

The patch has following enhancements over the earlier patch -

1.The patch implements support for ACPI _DSM(Device Specific Method) provided by 
the system firmware. The _DSM returns an index which is the instance number and 
a label assigned to the network device by the system firmware. The onboard devices
will have lower indexes than the add-in devices. The patch exports both index and 
the label to sysfs.

Please refer to the PCI-SIG ENGINEERING CHANGE REQUEST at this link -
link

It would be great to know your views on this ECR.

2.If the system firmware does not provide ACPI _DSM, then implementation falls back
onto SMBIOS and exports SMBIOS labels to sysfs.

3. If SMBIOS is not available, no label will be created.

Please review -