Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: [RFC v1 4/4] ipmi_bmc: bt-aspeed: port driver to IPMI BMC framework | From | Cédric Le Goater <> | Date | Thu, 10 Aug 2017 09:20:43 +0200 |
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On 08/10/2017 04:31 AM, Jeremy Kerr wrote: > 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.
The ioctl is part of the kernel user API now. We should keep it.
Thanks,
C.
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