linux-kernel - Re: [RFC v1 4/4] ipmi_bmc: bt-aspeed: port driver to IPMI BMC framework

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Message-ID: <99a298c1-6241-f835-9587-31c526126453@ozlabs.org>
Date:   Thu, 10 Aug 2017 10:31:18 +0800
From:   Jeremy Kerr <jk@...abs.org>
To:     Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins@...gle.com>, minyard@....org,
        benjaminfair@...gle.com, clg@...d.org, joel@....id.au,
        andrew@...id.au
Cc:     openipmi-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net, openbmc@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC v1 4/4] ipmi_bmc: bt-aspeed: port driver to IPMI BMC
 framework

Hi Brendan,

> The driver was handling interaction with userspace on its own. This
> patch changes it to use the functionality of the ipmi_bmc framework
> instead.
> 
> Note that this removes the ability for the BMC to set SMS_ATN by making
> an ioctl. If this functionality is required, it can be added back in
> with a later patch.

As Chris has mentioned, we do use this actively at the moment, so I'd
prefer if we could not drop the support for SMS_ATN. However, using a
different interface should be fine, if that helps.

Cheers,


Jeremy