linux-kernel - Re: [V5, 3/3] powerpc/drivers: Add driver for operator panel on FSP machines

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Date:	Thu, 30 Jun 2016 22:36:40 +1000 (AEST)
From:	Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
To:	Suraj Jitindar Singh <sjitindarsingh@...il.com>,
	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Cc:	robh@...nel.org, arnd@...db.de, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, paulus@...ba.org,
	sjitindarsingh@...il.com
Subject: Re: [V5, 3/3] powerpc/drivers: Add driver for operator panel on FSP machines

On Wed, 2016-29-06 at 03:38:39 UTC, Suraj Jitindar Singh wrote:
> Implement new character device driver to allow access from user space
> to the operator panel display present on IBM Power Systems machines
> with FSPs.
> 
> This will allow status information to be presented on the display which
> is visible to a user.
> 
> The driver implements a character buffer which a user can read/write
> by accessing the device (/dev/op_panel). This buffer is then displayed on
> the operator panel display. Any attempt to write past the last character
> position will have no effect and attempts to write more characters than
> the size of the display will be truncated. The device may only be accessed
> by a single process at a time.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Suraj Jitindar Singh <sjitindarsingh@...il.com>
> Reviewed-by: Andrew Donnellan <andrew.donnellan@....ibm.com>

Applied to powerpc next, thanks.

https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/43a1dd9b5fc64184e578ac1570

cheers