+ ipmi-change-timeout-and-event-poll-to-one-second.patch added to -mm tree

+ ipmi-change-timeout-and-event-poll-to-one-second.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled
     ipmi: change timeout and event poll to one second
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     ipmi-change-timeout-and-event-poll-to-one-second.patch

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Subject: ipmi: change timeout and event poll to one second
From: Corey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.com>

The timeouts in IPMI are in the 1-5 second range in message handling, so a
1 second timeout is a reasonable thing to do.  This should help with
reducing power consumption on idle systems.

Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff -puN drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c~ipmi-change-timeout-and-event-poll-to-one-second drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c~ipmi-change-timeout-and-event-poll-to-one-second
+++ a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
@@ -4037,8 +4037,8 @@ static void ipmi_request_event(void)
 
 static struct timer_list ipmi_timer;
 
-/* Call every ~100 ms. */
-#define IPMI_TIMEOUT_TIME	100
+/* Call every ~1000 ms. */
+#define IPMI_TIMEOUT_TIME	1000
 
 /* How many jiffies does it take to get to the timeout time. */
 #define IPMI_TIMEOUT_JIFFIES	((IPMI_TIMEOUT_TIME * HZ) / 1000)
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from cminyard@mvista.com are

linux-next.patch
ipmi-change-addr_source-to-an-enum-rather-than-strings.patch
ipmi-split-device-discovery-and-registration.patch
ipmi-only-register-one-si-per-bmc.patch
ipmi-change-device-discovery-order.patch
ipmi-reduce-polling-when-interrupts-are-available.patch
ipmi-reduce-polling.patch
ipmi-attempt-to-register-multiple-sis-of-the-same-type.patch
ipmi-change-timeout-and-event-poll-to-one-second.patch