[Libosinfo] [osinfo-db, libosinfo PATCH 0/4] Add "maximum" resources

[Fabiano Fidêncio]

On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 8:43 AM Michal Privoznik <mprivozn at redhat.com> wrote:
>
> On 11/14/18 4:54 PM, Fabiano Fidêncio wrote:
> > Please, see the patches
> >
> > osinfo-db:
> >   Fabiano Fidêncio (1):
> >     schema: Add "maximum" resources
> >
> >    data/schema/osinfo.rng.in | 5 +++++
> >    1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> >
> > libosinfo:
> >   Fabiano Fidêncio (3):
> >     os: Deal with "maximum" resources
> >     test-os-resources: Make test_minimum_recommended_resources generic
> >     test-os-resources: Cover maximum resources in tests
> >
> >    osinfo/libosinfo.syms     |   3 +
> >    osinfo/osinfo_loader.c    |   8 ++
> >    osinfo/osinfo_os.c        |  40 ++++++++++
> >    osinfo/osinfo_os.h        |   2 +
> >    tests/test-os-resources.c | 158 ++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
> >    5 files changed, 143 insertions(+), 68 deletions(-)
> >
>
> The patches look good to me. However, from usability POV I think this is
> going to be used for Windows only, right? I've found this:
>
>   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Address_Extension#Microsoft_Windows

I'd say, yes. This effort is driven mainly focused on Windows.

>
> For other OSes (Linux and BSD) I don't expect there to be any kind of
> maximum resources. Good luck with getting the data.

I will :-)
Thankfully it was not that hard to find for some distros, like:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/rhel-limits

>
> Michal