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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2015-09-05 09:00:30 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2015-09-05 09:00:47 +0200
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Merge branch 'linus' into x86/urgent, to be able to merge a dependent fix
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ A code snippet for an application communicating with Intel AMTHI client:
IOCTL
=====
-The Intel MEI Driver supports the following IOCTL command:
+The Intel MEI Driver supports the following IOCTL commands:
IOCTL_MEI_CONNECT_CLIENT Connect to firmware Feature (client).
usage:
@@ -125,6 +125,49 @@ The Intel MEI Driver supports the following IOCTL command:
data that can be sent or received. (e.g. if MTU=2K, can send
requests up to bytes 2k and received responses up to 2k bytes).
+ IOCTL_MEI_NOTIFY_SET: enable or disable event notifications
+
+ Usage:
+ uint32_t enable;
+ ioctl(fd, IOCTL_MEI_NOTIFY_SET, &enable);
+
+ Inputs:
+ uint32_t enable = 1;
+ or
+ uint32_t enable[disable] = 0;
+
+ Error returns:
+ EINVAL Wrong IOCTL Number
+ ENODEV Device is not initialized or the client not connected
+ ENOMEM Unable to allocate memory to client internal data.
+ EFAULT Fatal Error (e.g. Unable to access user input data)
+ EOPNOTSUPP if the device doesn't support the feature
+
+ Notes:
+ The client must be connected in order to enable notification events
+
+
+ IOCTL_MEI_NOTIFY_GET : retrieve event
+
+ Usage:
+ uint32_t event;
+ ioctl(fd, IOCTL_MEI_NOTIFY_GET, &event);
+
+ Outputs:
+ 1 - if an event is pending
+ 0 - if there is no even pending
+
+ Error returns:
+ EINVAL Wrong IOCTL Number
+ ENODEV Device is not initialized or the client not connected
+ ENOMEM Unable to allocate memory to client internal data.
+ EFAULT Fatal Error (e.g. Unable to access user input data)
+ EOPNOTSUPP if the device doesn't support the feature
+
+ Notes:
+ The client must be connected and event notification has to be enabled
+ in order to receive an event
+
Intel ME Applications
=====================