Re: [PATCH linux dev-4.10 0/6] Add support PECI and PECI hwmon drivers

[Jae Hyun Yoo]

On 1/10/2018 11:17 AM, Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 11:14:34AM -0800, Jae Hyun Yoo wrote:
> > On 1/10/2018 2:17 AM, Greg KH wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jan 09, 2018 at 02:31:20PM -0800, Jae Hyun Yoo wrote:
> > > > From: Jae Hyun Yoo <jae.hyun.yoo@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > This patch set provides support for PECI of AST2400/2500 which can give us PECI
> > > > functionalities such as temperature monitoring, platform manageability,
> > > > processor diagnostics and failure analysis. Also provides generic peci.h and
> > > > peci_ioctl.h headers to provide compatibility to peci drivers that can be
> > > > implemented later e.g. Nuvoton's BMC SoC family.
> > >
> > > What is the "dev-4.10" in the subject for?  4.10 is really old and
> > > obsolete :(
> > >
> > > thanks,
> > >
> > > greg k-h
> >
> > I made this patch set on top of the v4.10 which OpenBmc project is currently
> > using. I'll rebase this patch set onto the current kernel.org mainline.
>
> What is "OpenBmc", and why are they using an obsolete and insecure
> kernel for their project?  That seems like a very foolish thing to do...
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h

OpenBmc is an open source project to create a highly extensible 
framework for BMC (Board Management Controller) software for data-center 
computer systems:
https://github.com/openbmc

Its current mainline is v4.10 but it is being kept upgrading so it will 
be upgraded to the latest stable or long-term version soon.

Thanks,
Jae