Question about hardware system information

[Itamar Heim]

On 07/15/2013 03:55 PM, Gustavo Frederico Temple Pedrosa wrote:
> Hello,
>
> The VDSM uses Dmidecode to retrieve the information that will be used in
> the method VdsBrokerObjectsBuilder.UpdateHardwareSystemInformation().
>
> The IBM POWER architecture does not have the information from the
> Dmidecode, however, it has other information.
>
> In the case of new information for IBM POWER architecture, there are two
> options: (1) add new columns in the method VdsDAODbFacadeImpl.mapRow()
> and in the database, or (2) map the new set of information into a single
> column (using, for example, JSON).
>
> What would be the best option? And in case of a future new architecture?
>
> Regards,
>
> Gustavo F Temple Pedrosa.
>
>
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can you give an example of how different are the fields? we take basic 
fields iirc - vendor, serial number, etc.?