linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] ipmi: ssif_bmc: add GPIO-based alert mechanism

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Message-ID: <434333fb-5703-449e-83f2-46e85f34fd23@os.amperecomputing.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 11:29:42 +0700
From: Quan Nguyen <quan@...amperecomputing.com>
To: Potin Lai <potin.lai.pt@...il.com>, Corey Minyard <minyard@....org>,
 Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>,
 Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, Patrick Williams <patrick@...cx.xyz>
Cc: openipmi-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Cosmo Chou <cosmo.chou@...ntatw.com>,
 Potin Lai <potin.lai@...ntatw.com>, Cosmo Chou <chou.cosmo@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] ipmi: ssif_bmc: add GPIO-based alert mechanism



On 22/10/2024 08:20, Potin Lai wrote:
> From: Cosmo Chou <chou.cosmo@...il.com>
> 
> Implement GPIO-based alert mechanism in the SSIF BMC driver to notify
> the host when a response is ready.
> 
> This improves host-BMC communication efficiency by providing immediate
> notification, potentially reducing host polling overhead.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Cosmo Chou <chou.cosmo@...il.com>
> ---
>   drivers/char/ipmi/ssif_bmc.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
>   1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
> 

Thanks for adding feature to this driver, the code looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Quan Nguyen <quan@...amperecomputing.com>

I'm just have a bit of curious on how the ipmi_ssif in host side to work 
with this mechanism? Will there be patches for ipmi_ssif to use this 
feature followed?

Thanks and Best regards,
- Quan