[patches] Add dmi kernel class support into HAL

[Richard Hughes]

On Tue, 2007-06-05 at 12:37 -0400, David Zeuthen wrote:
> 
> > My point being, if we think they shouldn't be read by users then why
> are
> > we exposing them in HAL?
> 
> That's the point; _I_ don't think it should be hidden from users nor
> from programs that wants to key off system-specific data. Others,
> however, think it should be hidden. And to that I ask: why don't we
> hide disk, usb, firewire etc. serial numbers? And the answer is: it's
> bloody useful information; just look at the /dev/disk/* tree for
> example.

I have to agree, if the data was hidden from me, I would just turn the
laptop over and read the serial number myself.

Richard.