[Libvirt-cim] [PATCH 0 of 2] [RFC] Prepare provider registration and provider name for OpenWbem

[Kaitlin Rupert]

Heidi Eckhart wrote:
>>
> This is very close to what the "Provider" qualifier is. Section 2.5.3 
> "Optional Qualifiers" of DMTF's DSP0004 "CIM Infrastructure 
> Specification" v2.3 Final describes it as following:
> 
> The optional qualifiers listed in this table address situations that are 
> not common to all CIM-compliant implementations. Thus, CIM-compliant 
> implementations can ignore optional qualifiers since they are not 
> required to interpret or understand these qualifiers. These are provided 
> in the specification to avoid random user-defined qualifiers for these 
> recurring situations.
> ...
> PROVIDER: An implementation specific handle to the instrumentation that 
> populates those elements in the schemas that refer to dynamic data.
> ...
> 
> OpenWbem makes use of the optional "Provider" qualifier, while Pegasus 
> and sfcb ignore the qualifier and have their own approach to register 
> providers. That's why we also need the provider_register script and the 
> registration files.
> 

Ah, I see.  It wasn't clear to me at first what this qualifier was being 
used for.  I get it now though, thanks.  =)

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Kaitlin Rupert
IBM Linux Technology Center
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