* [PATCH V2] ACPI / IPMI: allow ACPI_IPMI with IPMI_SSIF
@ 2017-03-23 16:03 Sinan Kaya
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From: Sinan Kaya @ 2017-03-23 16:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-arm-kernel
ACPI_IPMI driver currently depends on IPMI System Interface (IPMI_SI)
driver to be enabled. IPMI_SI driver only handles KCS, SMIC and BT BMC
interfaces.
IPMI_SSIF is an alternative BMC communication method. It allows BMC to
be accessed over an I2C bus instead of a standard interface.
Enabling ACPI_IPMI over IPMI_SSIF with this change.
Signed-off-by: Sinan Kaya <okaya@codeaurora.org>
---
drivers/acpi/Kconfig | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/Kconfig b/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
index 83e5f7e..dc22c8a 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ config ACPI_PROCESSOR
config ACPI_IPMI
tristate "IPMI"
- depends on IPMI_SI
+ depends on IPMI_SI || IPMI_SSIF
default n
help
This driver enables the ACPI to access the BMC controller. And it
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1.9.1
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