[systemd-devel] [PATCH] hostnamed: regard convertible chassis type as laptop

Jani Nikula jani.nikula at intel.com
Fri Feb 24 15:16:25 UTC 2017


On Fri, 24 Feb 2017, Jani Nikula <jani.nikula at intel.com> wrote:
> While both the DMI and ACPI data are regarded as unreliable in hostnamed
> source, consumers of the chassis type use it to make rather drastic
> policy decisions.

BTW, since the implementation seems to think the data is unreliable,
perhaps it would be prudent to say so in hostnamectl documentation, so
the consumers of the data might be more thoughtful about what to use it
for?

BR,
Jani.


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Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center


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