Date:   Sat, 17 Jun 2017 10:46:15 -0500
From:   Corey Minyard <minyard@....org>
To:     Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...pensource.com>,
        Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...radead.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        openipmi-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 01/29] IPMI.txt: standardize document format

On 06/17/2017 10:26 AM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> Each text file under Documentation follows a different
> format. Some doesn't even have titles!
>
> Change its representation to follow the adopted standard,
> using ReST markups for it to be parseable by Sphinx:
>
> - fix document type;
> - add missing markups for subitems;
> - mark literal blocks;
> - add whitespaces and blank lines where needed;
> - use bulleted list markups where neded.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...pensource.com>
> ---
>   Documentation/IPMI.txt | 76 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
>   1 file changed, 44 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)

This is ok by me.  Nice to have a standard format for this.

Reviewed-by: Corey Minyard <cminyard@...sta.com>

> diff --git a/Documentation/IPMI.txt b/Documentation/IPMI.txt
> index 6962cab997ef..aa77a25a0940 100644
> --- a/Documentation/IPMI.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/IPMI.txt
> @@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
> +=====================
> +The Linux IPMI Driver
> +=====================
>   
> -                          The Linux IPMI Driver
> -			  ---------------------
> -			      Corey Minyard
> -			  <minyard@...sta.com>
> -			    <minyard@....org>
> +:Author: Corey Minyard <minyard@...sta.com> / <minyard@....org>
>   
>   The Intelligent Platform Management Interface, or IPMI, is a
>   standard for controlling intelligent devices that monitor a system.
> @@ -141,7 +140,7 @@ Addressing
>   ----------
>   
>   The IPMI addressing works much like IP addresses, you have an overlay
> -to handle the different address types.  The overlay is:
> +to handle the different address types.  The overlay is::
>   
>     struct ipmi_addr
>     {
> @@ -153,7 +152,7 @@ to handle the different address types.  The overlay is:
>   The addr_type determines what the address really is.  The driver
>   currently understands two different types of addresses.
>   
> -"System Interface" addresses are defined as:
> +"System Interface" addresses are defined as::
>   
>     struct ipmi_system_interface_addr
>     {
> @@ -166,7 +165,7 @@ straight to the BMC on the current card.  The channel must be
>   IPMI_BMC_CHANNEL.
>   
>   Messages that are destined to go out on the IPMB bus use the
> -IPMI_IPMB_ADDR_TYPE address type.  The format is
> +IPMI_IPMB_ADDR_TYPE address type.  The format is::
>   
>     struct ipmi_ipmb_addr
>     {
> @@ -184,16 +183,16 @@ spec.
>   Messages
>   --------
>   
> -Messages are defined as:
> +Messages are defined as::
>   
> -struct ipmi_msg
> -{
> +  struct ipmi_msg
> +  {
>   	unsigned char netfn;
>   	unsigned char lun;
>   	unsigned char cmd;
>   	unsigned char *data;
>   	int           data_len;
> -};
> +  };
>   
>   The driver takes care of adding/stripping the header information.  The
>   data portion is just the data to be send (do NOT put addressing info
> @@ -208,7 +207,7 @@ block of data, even when receiving messages.  Otherwise the driver
>   will have no place to put the message.
>   
>   Messages coming up from the message handler in kernelland will come in
> -as:
> +as::
>   
>     struct ipmi_recv_msg
>     {
> @@ -246,6 +245,7 @@ and the user should not have to care what type of SMI is below them.
>   
>   
>   Watching For Interfaces
> +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>   
>   When your code comes up, the IPMI driver may or may not have detected
>   if IPMI devices exist.  So you might have to defer your setup until
> @@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ and tell you when they come and go.
>   
>   
>   Creating the User
> +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>   
>   To use the message handler, you must first create a user using
>   ipmi_create_user.  The interface number specifies which SMI you want
> @@ -272,6 +273,7 @@ closing the device automatically destroys the user.
>   
>   
>   Messaging
> +^^^^^^^^^
>   
>   To send a message from kernel-land, the ipmi_request_settime() call does
>   pretty much all message handling.  Most of the parameter are
> @@ -321,6 +323,7 @@ though, since it is tricky to manage your own buffers.
>   
>   
>   Events and Incoming Commands
> +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>   
>   The driver takes care of polling for IPMI events and receiving
>   commands (commands are messages that are not responses, they are
> @@ -367,7 +370,7 @@ in the system.  It discovers interfaces through a host of different
>   methods, depending on the system.
>   
>   You can specify up to four interfaces on the module load line and
> -control some module parameters:
> +control some module parameters::
>   
>     modprobe ipmi_si.o type=<type1>,<type2>....
>          ports=<port1>,<port2>... addrs=<addr1>,<addr2>...
> @@ -437,7 +440,7 @@ default is one.  Setting to 0 is useful with the hotmod, but is
>   obviously only useful for modules.
>   
>   When compiled into the kernel, the parameters can be specified on the
> -kernel command line as:
> +kernel command line as::
>   
>     ipmi_si.type=<type1>,<type2>...
>          ipmi_si.ports=<port1>,<port2>... ipmi_si.addrs=<addr1>,<addr2>...
> @@ -474,16 +477,22 @@ The driver supports a hot add and remove of interfaces.  This way,
>   interfaces can be added or removed after the kernel is up and running.
>   This is done using /sys/modules/ipmi_si/parameters/hotmod, which is a
>   write-only parameter.  You write a string to this interface.  The string
> -has the format:
> +has the format::
> +
>      <op1>[:op2[:op3...]]
> -The "op"s are:
> +
> +The "op"s are::
> +
>      add|remove,kcs|bt|smic,mem|i/o,<address>[,<opt1>[,<opt2>[,...]]]
> -You can specify more than one interface on the line.  The "opt"s are:
> +
> +You can specify more than one interface on the line.  The "opt"s are::
> +
>      rsp=<regspacing>
>      rsi=<regsize>
>      rsh=<regshift>
>      irq=<irq>
>      ipmb=<ipmb slave addr>
> +
>   and these have the same meanings as discussed above.  Note that you
>   can also use this on the kernel command line for a more compact format
>   for specifying an interface.  Note that when removing an interface,
> @@ -496,7 +505,7 @@ The SMBus Driver (SSIF)
>   The SMBus driver allows up to 4 SMBus devices to be configured in the
>   system.  By default, the driver will only register with something it
>   finds in DMI or ACPI tables.  You can change this
> -at module load time (for a module) with:
> +at module load time (for a module) with::
>   
>     modprobe ipmi_ssif.o
>   	addr=<i2caddr1>[,<i2caddr2>[,...]]
> @@ -535,7 +544,7 @@ the smb_addr parameter unless you have DMI or ACPI data to tell the
>   driver what to use.
>   
>   When compiled into the kernel, the addresses can be specified on the
> -kernel command line as:
> +kernel command line as::
>   
>     ipmb_ssif.addr=<i2caddr1>[,<i2caddr2>[...]]
>   	ipmi_ssif.adapter=<adapter1>[,<adapter2>[...]]
> @@ -565,9 +574,9 @@ Some users need more detailed information about a device, like where
>   the address came from or the raw base device for the IPMI interface.
>   You can use the IPMI smi_watcher to catch the IPMI interfaces as they
>   come or go, and to grab the information, you can use the function
> -ipmi_get_smi_info(), which returns the following structure:
> +ipmi_get_smi_info(), which returns the following structure::
>   
> -struct ipmi_smi_info {
> +  struct ipmi_smi_info {
>   	enum ipmi_addr_src addr_src;
>   	struct device *dev;
>   	union {
> @@ -575,7 +584,7 @@ struct ipmi_smi_info {
>   			void *acpi_handle;
>   		} acpi_info;
>   	} addr_info;
> -};
> +  };
>   
>   Currently special info for only for SI_ACPI address sources is
>   returned.  Others may be added as necessary.
> @@ -590,7 +599,7 @@ Watchdog
>   
>   A watchdog timer is provided that implements the Linux-standard
>   watchdog timer interface.  It has three module parameters that can be
> -used to control it:
> +used to control it::
>   
>     modprobe ipmi_watchdog timeout=<t> pretimeout=<t> action=<action type>
>         preaction=<preaction type> preop=<preop type> start_now=x
> @@ -635,7 +644,7 @@ watchdog device is closed.  The default value of nowayout is true
>   if the CONFIG_WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT option is enabled, or false if not.
>   
>   When compiled into the kernel, the kernel command line is available
> -for configuring the watchdog:
> +for configuring the watchdog::
>   
>     ipmi_watchdog.timeout=<t> ipmi_watchdog.pretimeout=<t>
>   	ipmi_watchdog.action=<action type>
> @@ -675,6 +684,7 @@ also get a bunch of OEM events holding the panic string.
>   
>   
>   The field settings of the events are:
> +
>   * Generator ID: 0x21 (kernel)
>   * EvM Rev: 0x03 (this event is formatting in IPMI 1.0 format)
>   * Sensor Type: 0x20 (OS critical stop sensor)
> @@ -683,18 +693,20 @@ The field settings of the events are:
>   * Event Data 1: 0xa1 (Runtime stop in OEM bytes 2 and 3)
>   * Event data 2: second byte of panic string
>   * Event data 3: third byte of panic string
> +
>   See the IPMI spec for the details of the event layout.  This event is
>   always sent to the local management controller.  It will handle routing
>   the message to the right place
>   
>   Other OEM events have the following format:
> -Record ID (bytes 0-1): Set by the SEL.
> -Record type (byte 2): 0xf0 (OEM non-timestamped)
> -byte 3: The slave address of the card saving the panic
> -byte 4: A sequence number (starting at zero)
> -The rest of the bytes (11 bytes) are the panic string.  If the panic string
> -is longer than 11 bytes, multiple messages will be sent with increasing
> -sequence numbers.
> +
> +* Record ID (bytes 0-1): Set by the SEL.
> +* Record type (byte 2): 0xf0 (OEM non-timestamped)
> +* byte 3: The slave address of the card saving the panic
> +* byte 4: A sequence number (starting at zero)
> +  The rest of the bytes (11 bytes) are the panic string.  If the panic string
> +  is longer than 11 bytes, multiple messages will be sent with increasing
> +  sequence numbers.
>   
>   Because you cannot send OEM events using the standard interface, this
>   function will attempt to find an SEL and add the events there.  It

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