linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 09/15] Despecificate driver from iLO2

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Message-ID: <183C1D5A376DE343AA8F94FC2A1EC1497B49F88E0B@GVW1091EXB.americas.hpqcorp.net>
Date:	Wed, 4 Aug 2010 20:18:22 +0000
From:	"Mingarelli, Thomas" <Thomas.Mingarelli@...com>
To:	Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be>,
	"Frazier, Daniel Kent (ProLiant Linux)" <daniel_frazier@...com>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 09/15] Despecificate driver from iLO2

I like that suggestion Wim. Sure would make future iLO releases easier to include.


Tom

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wim Van Sebroeck [mailto:wim@...ana.be]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 3:14 PM
> To: Frazier, Daniel Kent (ProLiant Linux)
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; Mingarelli, Thomas
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/15] Despecificate driver from iLO2
> 
> Hi Dan,
> 
> > This driver supports both iLO2 and iLO3, but our user-visible strings
> > currently only reference iLO2. Let's just call it "iLO" to avoid having
> > to update strings for each iLO generation. This driver doesn't support
> > iLO ASICs prior to iLO2, but that is sufficiently explained in Kconfig.
> 
> Just a thought: Wouldn't it be more consistent if it's called iLO2+
> everywhere?
> 
> > -	tristate "HP Proliant iLO 2 Hardware Watchdog Timer"
> > +	tristate "HP Proliant iLO Hardware Watchdog Timer"
> 
> would be: tristate "HP Proliant iLO2+ Hardware Watchdog Timer"
> 
> > -	.identity = "HP iLO2 HW Watchdog Timer",
> > +	.identity = "HP iLO HW Watchdog Timer",
> 
> and: .identity = "HP iLO2+ HW Watchdog Timer",
> 
> > -	 * First let's find out if we are on an iLO2 server. We will
> > +	 * First let's find out if we are on an iLO2+ server. We will
> 
> > -		dev_warn(&dev->dev,
> > -			"This server does not have an iLO2 ASIC.\n");
> > +		dev_warn(&dev->dev, "This server does not have an iLO ASIC"
> > +			 " version 2 or greater.\n");
> 
> dev_warn(&dev->dev,
> 	"This server does not have an iLO2+ ASIC.\n");
> 
> > -			"Unable to detect the iLO2 server memory.\n");
> > +			"Unable to detect the iLO server memory.\n");
> 
> "Unable to detect the iLO2+ server memory.\n");
> 
> For the rest I'm still reviewing the code.
> 
> Kind regards,
> Wim.

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