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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2020-08-08 18:32:18 +0200 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2020-08-08 18:32:18 +0200 |
| commit | 11030fe96b57ad843518b0e9430f3cd4b3610ce2 (patch) | |
| tree | be04f878457543b65eb715ba97a7dd0abe07ab63 /Documentation/driver-api | |
| parent | Merge tag 'for-v5.9' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sre/lin... (diff) | |
| parent | ipmi/watchdog: add missing newlines when printing parameters by sysfs (diff) | |
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Merge tag 'for-linus-5.9-1' of git://github.com/cminyard/linux-ipmi
Pull IPMI updates from Corey Minyard:
"Minor cleanups to the IPMI driver for 5.9
Nothing of any major consequence. Duplicate code, some missing \n's in
sysfs files, some documentation and comment changes"
* tag 'for-linus-5.9-1' of git://github.com/cminyard/linux-ipmi:
ipmi/watchdog: add missing newlines when printing parameters by sysfs
ipmi: remve duplicate code in __ipmi_bmc_register()
ipmi: ssif: Remove finished TODO comment about SMBus alert
Doc: driver-api: ipmi: Add description of alerts_broken module param
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/driver-api')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/driver-api/ipmi.rst | 4 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/ipmi.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/ipmi.rst index 292f587fccdd..bc281f10ce4b 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/ipmi.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/ipmi.rst @@ -516,6 +516,7 @@ at module load time (for a module) with:: slave_addrs=<addr1>,<addr2>,... tryacpi=[0|1] trydmi=[0|1] [dbg_probe=1] + alerts_broken The addresses are normal I2C addresses. The adapter is the string name of the adapter, as shown in /sys/class/i2c-adapter/i2c-<n>/name. @@ -537,6 +538,9 @@ The slave_addrs specifies the IPMI address of the local BMC. This is usually 0x20 and the driver defaults to that, but in case it's not, it can be specified when the driver starts up. +alerts_broken does not enable SMBus alert for SSIF. Otherwise SMBus +alert will be enabled on supported hardware. + Discovering the IPMI compliant BMC on the SMBus can cause devices on the I2C bus to fail. The SMBus driver writes a "Get Device ID" IPMI message as a block write to the I2C bus and waits for a response. |