Question about hardware system information

[Gustavo Frederico Temple Pedrosa]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Itamar Heim [mailto:iheim at redhat.com]
> Sent: segunda-feira, 15 de julho de 2013 10:15
> To: Gustavo Frederico Temple Pedrosa
> Cc: arch at ovirt.org
> Subject: Re: Question about hardware system information
> 
> 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.?


- Examples:
    System Id: IBM,0310050AA (/proc/device-tree/system-id)
    Platform: pSeries (/proc/cpuinfo)
    Model: IBM,8246-L2D (/proc/cpuinfo)
    Machine: CHRP IBM,8246-L2D (/proc/cpuinfo)