linux-kernel - Re: [RFC v1 4/4] ipmi_bmc: bt-aspeed: port driver to IPMI BMC framework

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Date:   Wed, 9 Aug 2017 22:29:57 -0700
From:   Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins@...gle.com>
To:     Jeremy Kerr <jk@...abs.org>
Cc:     Corey Minyard <minyard@....org>,
        Benjamin Fair <benjaminfair@...gle.com>,
        Cédric Le Goater <clg@...d.org>,
        Joel Stanley <joel@....id.au>,
        Andrew Jeffery <andrew@...id.au>,
        openipmi-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        OpenBMC Maillist <openbmc@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC v1 4/4] ipmi_bmc: bt-aspeed: port driver to IPMI BMC framework

On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 7:31 PM, Jeremy Kerr <jk@...abs.org> wrote:
> Hi Brendan,
>
>> The driver was handling interaction with userspace on its own. This
>> patch changes it to use the functionality of the ipmi_bmc framework
>> instead.
>>
>> Note that this removes the ability for the BMC to set SMS_ATN by making
>> an ioctl. If this functionality is required, it can be added back in
>> with a later patch.
>
> As Chris has mentioned, we do use this actively at the moment, so I'd
> prefer if we could not drop the support for SMS_ATN. However, using a
> different interface should be fine, if that helps.

Whoops, I did not realize that anyone was using it. Yeah, adding it back in
should not be too hard.

>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Jeremy