On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 2:14 PM, Don Zickus <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 08, 2017 at 01:48:36PM -0500, Josh Boyer wrote: >> >> [1] https://github.com/npmccallum/census >> >> [2] https://github.com/npmccallum/census/blob/master/client/plugins/ >> >> [3] https://github.com/npmccallum/census/pull/3 >> > >> > Internally, we have been focusing on using 'lshw' as the tool that provides >> > all that info and handles all the arch funkiness (and includes firmware). >> > If there is anything missing, we have tried to push upstream to that >> > project. >> > >> > Would that cover a lot of the info you are looking for? >> >> It sounds like lshw could provide the output for the local system if >> someone wrote a census plugin for it. What it doesn't seem to cover >> at all is the "gather data and send it somewhere" part, right? > > I think it covers part of the 'gather data', no? :-) I had assumed the > census tool handles the 'send it' somewhere.
Sorry, I phrased that awkwardly. I meant "gather the data from multiple computers and send it to a central localtion". But I think we're saying the same thing. > As part of the kernel CI work I am doing internally, we are trying to figure > out a more universal way of exchange machine info when providing feedback > that a test or patch broke. Lots of folks have been using lshw. This has > made it easier to write scripts on top of that output compared to various > custom output. It isn't perfect, but it seems to do a reasonable job today. Right. Adding a census plugin to consume that could build on top of it even further. josh _______________________________________________ kernel mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
