linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ipmi: Increase KCS timeouts

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Date:	Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:12:28 +0000
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>
To:	minyard@....org
Cc:	openipmi-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, gcase@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipmi: Increase KCS timeouts

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On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 02:12:27PM -0500, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> We currently time out and retry KCS transactions after 1 second of waiting
> for IBF or OBF. This appears to be too short for some hardware. The IPMI
> spec says "All system software wait loops should include error timeouts. For
> simplicity, such timeouts are not shown explicitly in the flow diagrams. A
> five-second timeout or greater is recommended". Change the timeout to five
> seconds to satisfy the slow hardware.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>
> ---
>  drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_kcs_sm.c |    4 ++--
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_kcs_sm.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_kcs_sm.c
> index cf82fed..e53fc24 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_kcs_sm.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_kcs_sm.c
> @@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ enum kcs_states {
>  #define MAX_KCS_WRITE_SIZE IPMI_MAX_MSG_LENGTH
>  
>  /* Timeouts in microseconds. */
> -#define IBF_RETRY_TIMEOUT 1000000
> -#define OBF_RETRY_TIMEOUT 1000000
> +#define IBF_RETRY_TIMEOUT 5000000
> +#define OBF_RETRY_TIMEOUT 5000000
>  #define MAX_ERROR_RETRIES 10
>  #define ERROR0_OBF_WAIT_JIFFIES (2*HZ)
>  
> -- 
> 1.7.7.1
> 
> 
-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
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