Re: IPMI driver updates for 2.4

[Corey Minyard]

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,
> >    

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