On Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 11:28:18AM -0700, Stephen Hahn wrote: > We'll figure out how to make extended profiles take this (new) > requirement into consideration. I am unconvinced by an argument based > on a kernel debugger, rather than a larger set of applications;
But this is precisely the sort of program that /has/ to care about the platform. These "larger set of applications" will typically have no need whatsoever to divine the platform - they care about `uname -p`. Thus the reporting of the different platform should not affect those applications at all. > moreover, I find it inconsistent that the zones' virtualization and > the Xen virtualization would have different outcomes with respect to > this informational interface. I think it's fairly clear that zones do not introduce anything even close to a new hardware platform. > Perhaps a pointer to some documented argument would convince me. I expect our PSARC case(s) will cover this in detail. In the meantime we'll keep with the method-based approach we have now, and worry about the platform issue if and when it arises, I suppose. thanks, john
