On Thu, 2009-03-05 at 11:23 -0800, Cynthia McGuire wrote: > > We will publish an SMBIOS requirements document for Solaris x86 FMA > > Topology Enumeration. I don't want to say it's a "Sun standard for > > SMBIOS" because we do want inclusion of other i86pc vendors. This > doc > > will outline additional value offered by vendors following it. > > Other vendors are not bound to following the SMBIOS standard. There > are > currently plenty who don't today. Within Sun, however, this is an > opportunity to direct future platform conformance for FMA. Mike has > already indicated that he is willing and waiting for something to be > brought forward. If this project has worked out the requirements, > why > not proceed with the DMTF and in parallel the platform teams inside of > Sun?
This is a good idea. > This is also a chance to offer platform vendors who are serious about > FMA on their systems running OpenSolaris something concrete in terms > of > FMA conformance. Agreed. I've already begun this with two of the top x86 vendors. They've been informed that this project is forthcoming, and are interested in making FMA operate better on their platforms. Once the project is kicked off, I'm hoping for their direct involvement, particularly on finalizing the set of requirements. -scott _______________________________________________ fm-discuss mailing list fm-discuss@opensolaris.org
