[Nut-upsdev] ups.firmware

[Niklas Edmundsson]

On Thu, 24 Aug 2006, Peter Selinger wrote:

> Another possibility is to let the driver construct a compound firmware
> string.  How about ups.firmware = 'c:00.01 i:01.10 r:02.00 n:00.10
> d:02.00'?  The firmware variable is an opaque string anyway, and as
> far as I know, there is no restriction on its formatting. Is there a
> reason why the driver shouldn't synthesize this string?

I'd go with the compound string. The firmware version is only for 
informational purposes anyway, and by going the compound-string-route 
you don't have to create firmware.usb, firmware.snmp, firmware.io and 
whatever might be present in all different upsen.

IMHO you don't have to cryptify the string though. 'control:00.01 
interface:01.10' etc is better, since NUT shouldn't die due to 
moderately long strings ;)

/Nikke
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