Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: [RFC v1 4/4] ipmi_bmc: bt-aspeed: port driver to IPMI BMC framework | From | Jeremy Kerr <> | Date | Thu, 10 Aug 2017 10:31:18 +0800 |
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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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