linux-kernel - Re: CONFIG_SENSORS_OCC_P8

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Message-ID: <Y4zxSEo4OhZUd2OU@zn.tnic>
Date:   Sun, 4 Dec 2022 20:13:12 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc:     Eddie James <eajames@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: CONFIG_SENSORS_OCC_P8_I2C

On Sun, Dec 04, 2022 at 10:37:09AM -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> I don't immediately see why this should depend on a P8 configuration.
> The driver runs on a BMC, after all. My understanding is that a BMC can be
> of any architecture. Is there a guarantee that there are and never will be
> any x86 BMCs, and/or that BMCs are limited to a certain subset of
> architectures ?

Well, then it should depend on the architectures which are currently
running BMCs for P8 machines. ARM maybe?

At least on x86 the majority of BMCs are ARM-based AFAIK.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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