linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH linux dev-4.10 0/6] Add support PECI and PECI hwmon drivers

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Date:   Wed, 10 Jan 2018 20:17:03 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Jae Hyun Yoo <jae.hyun.yoo@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     joel@....id.au, andrew@...id.au, arnd@...db.de, jdelvare@...e.com,
        linux@...ck-us.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        openbmc@...ts.ozlabs.org, Jae Hyun Yoo <jae.hyun.yoo@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH linux dev-4.10 0/6] Add support PECI and PECI hwmon
 drivers

On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 11:14:34AM -0800, Jae Hyun Yoo wrote:
> On 1/10/2018 2:17 AM, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 09, 2018 at 02:31:20PM -0800, Jae Hyun Yoo wrote:
> > > From: Jae Hyun Yoo <jae.hyun.yoo@...el.com>
> > > 
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > This patch set provides support for PECI of AST2400/2500 which can give us PECI
> > > functionalities such as temperature monitoring, platform manageability,
> > > processor diagnostics and failure analysis. Also provides generic peci.h and
> > > peci_ioctl.h headers to provide compatibility to peci drivers that can be
> > > implemented later e.g. Nuvoton's BMC SoC family.
> > 
> > What is the "dev-4.10" in the subject for?  4.10 is really old and
> > obsolete :(
> > 
> > thanks,
> > 
> > greg k-h
> > 
> 
> I made this patch set on top of the v4.10 which OpenBmc project is currently
> using. I'll rebase this patch set onto the current kernel.org mainline.

What is "OpenBmc", and why are they using an obsolete and insecure
kernel for their project?  That seems like a very foolish thing to do...

thanks,

greg k-h