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21.09.2018 10:38, George Keishing wrote:<br>
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<tt><span style=" font-size:10pt">> By the way, what is at all
the
meaning and purpose of the 'Functional' property? Is it an
indicator of
a component functioning properly, or is it a 'handle' to turn
a component
off before hot removal/replacement?<br>
</span></tt><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">>>>>
Correct, the Field 'Functional' indicates the component is
functioning.
so Functional is a 'status' and not a 'control'.</span><br>
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<tt><span style=" font-size:10pt">> There is no description
anywhere
that we could find.</span></tt><br>
<span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">>>>>
You can look at the YAML state/ namespace for it<br>
>>>> </span><a
href="https://github.com/openbmc/phosphor-dbus-interfaces/blob/master/xyz/openbmc_project/State/Decorator/OperationalStatus.interface.yaml"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="
font-size:10pt;color:blue;font-family:sans-serif">https://github.com/openbmc/phosphor-dbus-interfaces/blob/master/xyz/openbmc_project/State/Decorator/OperationalStatus.interface.yaml</span></a><br>
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Yes, I've seen that. That's exactly what I call "no description". "<span
class="pl-s">Implement to indicate the operational status of the
object" is not a decent description IMO as it's too sepulkarian
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepulka">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepulka</a>).</span><br>
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Alex.<br>
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