On Monday 16 October 2017 13:23:04 Mario.Limonciello@xxxxxxxx wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Pali Rohár [mailto:pali.rohar@xxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Monday, October 16, 2017 2:33 AM > > To: Limonciello, Mario <Mario_Limonciello@xxxxxxxx> > > Cc: dvhart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>; > > LKML <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; platform-driver-x86@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Andy > > Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>; quasisec@xxxxxxxxxx; rjw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; > > mjg59@xxxxxxxxxx; hch@xxxxxx; Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx>; Alan Cox > > <gnomes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 00/15] Introduce support for Dell SMBIOS over WMI > > > > Hi! Just a small idea, what about including example userspace > > application which would use this new API? I think such application can > > be useful for documentation purpose to see how this new API should be > > used. And in review process other people can point if there would be > > some problems with usage. > > > > I do not know if it is requirement or not for introducing new kernel > > API, but still example code is very useful for developers when they > > would start to use this new API and correctly. > > > > -- > > Pali Rohár > > pali.rohar@xxxxxxxxx > > Pali, > > I've produced a small sample application available here: > https://github.com/superm1/smbios-wmi-poc Simple one-file example application. Great! Darren, Greg, Mario, I think it would be better to have this example application in tools/ or in Documentation/... What do you think? Looking for examples on random github repos is harder and less official as part of linux source tree. -- Pali Rohár pali.rohar@xxxxxxxxx
