From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269319AbUIAAlS (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Aug 2004 20:41:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269336AbUIAAk6 (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Aug 2004 20:40:58 -0400 Received: from sccrmhc13.comcast.net ([204.127.202.64]:55530 "EHLO sccrmhc13.comcast.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269054AbUIAAiT (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Aug 2004 20:38:19 -0400 Message-ID: <413519F7.3000004@acm.org> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 19:38:15 -0500 From: Corey Minyard User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040803 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Marcelo Tosatti Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: IPMI driver updates for 2.4 References: <411EB8F1.5040209@acm.org> <20040823132820.GB2157@logos.cnet> <4132A17A.8060607@acm.org> <20040831111621.GE4615@logos.cnet> In-Reply-To: <20040831111621.GE4615@logos.cnet> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org There actually aren't any bug fixes. These are all new feature additions. It is a big driver revamp, but it has been around for a while I guess it is not critical now, but it would be nicer for the users of the driver. -Corey Marcelo Tosatti wrote: >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, >> >>