Version and Functional FRU fields for motherboard and membuf

[Alexander Amelkin]

21.09.2018 10:38, George Keishing wrote:
> > 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?
> >>>> Correct, the Field 'Functional' indicates the component is functioning.  so Functional is a 'status' and not a 'control'.
>
> > There is no description anywhere that we could find.
> >>>> You can look at the YAML state/ namespace for it
> >>>> https://github.com/openbmc/phosphor-dbus-interfaces/blob/master/xyz/openbmc_project/State/Decorator/OperationalStatus.interface.yaml

Yes, I've seen that. That's exactly what I call "no description". "Implement to indicate the operational status of the object" is not a decent description IMO as it's too sepulkarian (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepulka).

Alex.
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