identifying a 1.75

[Paul Fox]

martin wrote:
 > On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 6:31 PM, Paul Fox <pgf at laptop.org> wrote:
 > > thoughts/comments?  better approaches?  obvious additions?
 > 
 > Hi Paul
 > 
 > timely - I was just hacking on olpc-utils, bitfrost and sugar on
 > exactly the same thing (while on the plane, no internet).
 > 
 > Something along the lines of what you have is needed, I'll probably
 > merge it into my hacking. And we need it as part of a mini bash
 > function library as well, machine identification and other tasks
 > reading from ofw are spread across olpc-utils at random.
 > 
 > So I'll prolly hack olpc-hwinfo into a shell of what you posted (oh!
 > the pun!) -- calling into shared function calls. And will refactor
 > other scripts to match.

okay.  most clients don't need hw info at high rates, so i figured a
self-contained script would be sufficient (and necessary, for some
clients).  but certainly refactoring into sourceable chunks is a fine
idea.

(and more to the point, i won't commit anything -- ball's in your
court.  :-)

paul
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 paul fox, pgf at laptop.org