linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] drivers/misc: Add Aspeed LPC control driver

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Message-ID: <CACPK8Xczd8R0BsQ3HMjDhp8okr9VVMx38PTvHYinCTM=N=LQtw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Sat, 11 Feb 2017 13:22:12 +1030
From:   Joel Stanley <joel@....id.au>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Cyril Bur <cyrilbur@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Michael Neuling <mikey@...ling.org>,
        OpenBMC Maillist <openbmc@...ts.ozlabs.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] drivers/misc: Add Aspeed LPC control driver

Hey Greg,

On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 1:00 AM, Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 08, 2017 at 10:42:47AM +1100, Cyril Bur wrote:
>> In order to manage server systems, there is typically another processor
>> known as a BMC (Baseboard Management Controller) which is responsible
>> for powering the server and other various elements, sometimes fans,
>> often the system flash.
>
> Without some other reviewed-by: or at least tested-by lines here, I'm
> not going to take this.  Go poke your fellow ppc people to do some work
> here, it shouldn't be up to me to do it for them :(

We're on it. Thanks for your review so far.

By the way, this is a driver for an ARM SoC, not a PPC chip.
Nevertheless I'm sure those PPC people will still give us a review or
two.

Cheers,

Joel