smbios keys deprecated

[Rob Taylor]

Richard Hughes wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> Attached are two patches against hal and hal-info that deprecate the
> smbios.* keys and replace them with:
> 
> smbios.system.manufacturer	-> system.hardware.manufacturer
> smbios.system.product		-> system.hardware.product
> smbios.system.version		-> system.hardware.version
> smbios.system.serial		-> system.hardware.serial
> smbios.system.uuid		-> system.hardware.uuid
> smbios.bios.vendor		-> system.firmware.vendor
> smbios.bios.version		-> system.firmware.version
> smbios.bios.release_date	-> system.firmware.release_date
> smbios.chassis.manufacturer	-> system.chassis.manufacturer
> smbios.chassis.type		-> system.chassis.type
> 
> This means stuff like OLPC and N800 doesn't have to use the
> smbios.bios.* prefix for system firmware and is therefore more abstract.

These make a lot of sense to me, though I'm not exactly clear on the
distinction between hardware and chassis.. What situations can a chassis
have a different manufacturer to the hardware?

Thanks,
Rob Taylor