linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V3] ACPI / IPMI: allow ACPI_IPMI with IPMI

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Date:   Sat, 25 Mar 2017 20:25:05 -0500
From:   Corey Minyard <minyard@....org>
To:     Sinan Kaya <okaya@...eaurora.org>, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
        timur@...eaurora.org, sulrich@...eaurora.org
Cc:     linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3] ACPI / IPMI: allow ACPI_IPMI with IPMI_SSIF

On 03/25/2017 09:02 AM, Sinan Kaya wrote:
> ACPI_IPMI driver currently depends on IPMI System Interface (IPMI_SI)
> driver to be enabled. IPMI_SI driver only handles KCS, SMIC and BT BMC
> interfaces.
>
> IPMI_SSIF is an alternative BMC communication method. It allows BMC to
> be accessed over an I2C bus instead of a standard interface.
>
> Change the dependency to IPMI_HANDLER so that ACPI_IPMI works with all
> IPMI providers.

If the ACPI people ack this, I can queue it, or they can take it with:

Acked-by: Corey Minyard <cminyard@...sta.com>

Thanks,

-corey

> Signed-off-by: Sinan Kaya <okaya@...eaurora.org>
> ---
>   drivers/acpi/Kconfig | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/Kconfig b/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
> index 83e5f7e..3e15bf8 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
> @@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ config ACPI_PROCESSOR
>   
>   config ACPI_IPMI
>   	tristate "IPMI"
> -	depends on IPMI_SI
> +	depends on IPMI_HANDLER
>   	default n
>   	help
>   	  This driver enables the ACPI to access the BMC controller. And it