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From: Geoff Buckingham <geoffb@chuggalug.clues.com>
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Subject: Re: vpd driver never mfc'd
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On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 04:58:07PM -0800, Doug White wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Jan 2004, Geoff Buckingham wrote:
> 
> >
> > Is there a technical obstical that is preventing the vpd (Vital Product Data)
> > driver getting MFC'd?
> >
> > It is very usefull for working out which IBM server/laptop you are running on.
> >
> > I am quite willing to come up with a local hack to get it working, but suspect
> > it has just been forgotten.
> 
> PR reference?
> 
Sorry i did not realise I had to raise a PR to ask a question

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=i386/67011

however there seem to be no obsticles and i have it working locally