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

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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

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[RFC v1 4/4] ipmi_bmc: bt-aspeed: port driver to IPMI BMC framework Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins@google.com> - 2017-08-08 06:00 +0200
  Re: [RFC v1 4/4] ipmi_bmc: bt-aspeed: port driver to IPMI BMC  framework Jeremy Kerr <jk@ozlabs.org> - 2017-08-10 04:40 +0200
    Re: [RFC v1 4/4] ipmi_bmc: bt-aspeed: port driver to IPMI BMC framework Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins@google.com> - 2017-08-10 07:40 +0200
    Re: [RFC v1 4/4] ipmi_bmc: bt-aspeed: port driver to IPMI BMC  framework Cédric Le Goater <clg@kaod.org> - 2017-08-10 10:00 +0200

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