Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 2/4] docs: Document a xenstore path for PV driver version information...

[Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Paul Durrant writes ("RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 2/4] docs: Document a xenstore 
path for PV      driver version information..."):
> [Ian J:]
> > If it is to be used for bug workaround, it definitely needs to be more
> > structured.
> 
> No, that's not the intention. The intention is that the information is mainly 
> for display purposes, but sufficiently structured for a UI/toolstack to say 
> 'hey, your drivers are out of date'. I think having the vendor and product 
> names in there help that.

Right, good.

You should probably import (textually, perhaps) the version number
syntax from Debian, rather than inventing your own syntax of integer
tuples.  (It is implemented by GNU coreutils nowadays...)

Ian.

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