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authorPaul Jackson <pj@sgi.com>2008-05-14 08:15:16 -0700
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2008-05-25 10:55:11 +0200
commitcb5dd7c104c64d7ba8ff4dd3eec3d9b92c378937 (patch)
treedf88167e788abaf2beeb81699fca5634e3c62374 /drivers/firmware
parente9197bf0114661195bee35e7795cfc42164d9b2c (diff)
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x86 boot: add header comment to dmi.h stating what it is
The "dmi.h" file did not state anywhere in the file what "DMI" was. For those who know, it's obvious. For the rest of us, I added a brief opening comment. Signed-off-by: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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-rw-r--r--drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c b/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
index c5e3ed7e903b..455575be3560 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <asm/dmi.h>
+/*
+ * DMI stands for "Desktop Management Interface". It is part
+ * of and an antecedent to, SMBIOS, which stands for System
+ * Management BIOS. See further: http://www.dmtf.org/standards
+ */
static char dmi_empty_string[] = " ";
static const char * __init dmi_string_nosave(const struct dmi_header *dm, u8 s)