Re: [RFC v1 4/4] ipmi_bmc: bt-aspeed: port driver to IPMI BMC framework

[Jeremy Kerr]

Hi Brendan,

> The driver was handling interaction with userspace on its own. This
> patch changes it to use the functionality of the ipmi_bmc framework
> instead.
> 
> Note that this removes the ability for the BMC to set SMS_ATN by making
> an ioctl. If this functionality is required, it can be added back in
> with a later patch.

As Chris has mentioned, we do use this actively at the moment, so I'd
prefer if we could not drop the support for SMS_ATN. However, using a
different interface should be fine, if that helps.

Cheers,


Jeremy