On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 10:23 AM, Will Woods <wwoods@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Yes. The kernel exposes a bunch of the dmi info in /sys/class/dmi/id. > This should be equivalent: > > if grep -q 'VMware' /sys/class/dmi/id/sys_vendor; then > chkconfig smartd off > fi FWIW, we use dmidecode during %pre on some systems in order to figure out what we're doing - it might not be a gigantic deal to move stuff to using the kernel exports, but it might be. A decision like this to remove an important piece of the anaconda runtime that folks have been used to for years shouldn't be taken lightly. $0.02 _______________________________________________ Anaconda-devel-list mailing list Anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/anaconda-devel-list
