Mapping form factor

[Bill Nottingham]

Richard Hughes (hughsient at gmail.com) said: 
> 2009/7/2 Kay Sievers <kay.sievers at vrfy.org>:
> > Exactly, there is absolutely no way to tell what is a "server". Maybe
> > the "laptop" classification kind of works (can use better indications
> > for this), but there is no such thing as a "server" and "desktop" you
> > can ever retrieve reliably from dmi data.
> 
> So DMI data is worthless? It seems to identify my Dell Mini 10 as
> "Portable" and my T61 as "Notebook" just fine. I can sure make power
> management decisions based on whether the system is a server or a
> portable laptop.

laptop vs. <other> is a form factor decision.

Desktop vs. server is a use case decision.

While you can generally assume a 3U rack box or a blade is a server
of some sort, it's much less clear for the 'desktop' form factors -
they can just as easily be a 'server' sitting in a closet.

Bill