linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ipmi: ipmb: initialise event handler read bytes

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Message-ID: <11084f74-c136-414f-bcdc-817209ed16ae@web.de>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 13:13:07 +0100
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Matt Johnston <matt@...econstruct.com.au>,
 openipmi-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net,
 Andrew Manley <andrew.manley@...lingtech.com>,
 Corey Minyard <corey@...yard.net>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Corey Minyard <minyard@....org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipmi: ipmb: initialise event handler read bytes

> IPMB doesn't use i2c reads, but the handler needs to set a value.
> Otherwise an i2c read will return an uninitialised value from the bus
> driver.

See also once more:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.19-rc5#n94

Regards,
Markus