From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268183AbUHaMtA (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Aug 2004 08:49:00 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268325AbUHaMrG (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Aug 2004 08:47:06 -0400 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:62662 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268144AbUHaMl7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Aug 2004 08:41:59 -0400 Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 08:16:21 -0300 From: Marcelo Tosatti To: Corey Minyard Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: IPMI driver updates for 2.4 Message-ID: <20040831111621.GE4615@logos.cnet> References: <411EB8F1.5040209@acm.org> <20040823132820.GB2157@logos.cnet> <4132A17A.8060607@acm.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4132A17A.8060607@acm.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Corey, You wrote a nice changelog entry - thanks for that. I'm not sure if we should apply all of this in v2.4. It looks like a big driver revamp to me. Is is all this critical for being merged in v2.4.x now? Would it be very painful/unwanted to maintain only the bugfixes and not only new features? What you think about that? On Sun, Aug 29, 2004 at 10:39:38PM -0500, Corey Minyard wrote: > Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > > >Corey, > > > >Care to write a detailed changelog so we can apply this? > > > >Thanks > > > > > > > I'm sorry this took so long, I have been dealing with disasters at work. > > Ok, a detailed changelog: > > * Add a new "system interface" driver that supports all the standard > IPMI system interfaces (SMIC, BT, and KCS, see the IPMI spec for > more details if you care). This driver will auto-detect the interface > type and parameters via SMBIOS or ACPI tables. > * Deprecate the old KCS-only interface. > * Support non-contiguous registers for system interfaces. > * Add support for IPMI LAN bridging so messages can be received > from and sent to system software connected to a LAN interface. > * Add support for powering off the system on a halt via the IPMI > interface. > * Add support for storing panic logs in the IPMI event log. > * Allow control of message parameters (resends, timeouts) > > I've also re-attached the patch. > > Thanks,