Re: [PATCH] docs: ipmb: place it at driver-api and convert to ReST

From: Corey Minyard
Date: Sun Jun 30 2019 - 20:34:36 EST


On Sat, Jun 29, 2019 at 07:36:46AM -0300, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> No new doc should be added at the main Documentation/ directory.
>
> Instead, new docs should be added as ReST files, within the
> Kernel documentation body.

Got it, thanks.

-corey

>
> Fixes: 51bd6f291583 ("Add support for IPMB driver")
> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/driver-api/index.rst | 1 +
> .../{IPMB.txt => driver-api/ipmb.rst} | 62 ++++++++++---------
> 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
> rename Documentation/{IPMB.txt => driver-api/ipmb.rst} (71%)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/index.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/index.rst
> index e33849b948c7..e49c34bf16c0 100644
> --- a/Documentation/driver-api/index.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/index.rst
> @@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ available subsections can be seen below.
> dell_rbu
> edid
> eisa
> + ipmb
> isa
> isapnp
> generic-counter
> diff --git a/Documentation/IPMB.txt b/Documentation/driver-api/ipmb.rst
> similarity index 71%
> rename from Documentation/IPMB.txt
> rename to Documentation/driver-api/ipmb.rst
> index cd20c9764705..3ec3baed84c4 100644
> --- a/Documentation/IPMB.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/ipmb.rst
> @@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ This driver works with the I2C driver and a userspace
> program such as OpenIPMI:
>
> 1) It is an I2C slave backend driver. So, it defines a callback
> -function to set the Satellite MC as an I2C slave.
> -This callback function handles the received IPMI requests.
> + function to set the Satellite MC as an I2C slave.
> + This callback function handles the received IPMI requests.
>
> 2) It defines the read and write functions to enable a user
> -space program (such as OpenIPMI) to communicate with the kernel.
> + space program (such as OpenIPMI) to communicate with the kernel.
>
>
> Load the IPMB driver
> @@ -48,34 +48,35 @@ CONFIG_IPMB_DEVICE_INTERFACE=y
>
> 1) If you want the driver to be loaded at boot time:
>
> -a) Add this entry to your ACPI table, under the appropriate SMBus:
> +a) Add this entry to your ACPI table, under the appropriate SMBus::
>
> -Device (SMB0) // Example SMBus host controller
> -{
> - Name (_HID, "<Vendor-Specific HID>") // Vendor-Specific HID
> - Name (_UID, 0) // Unique ID of particular host controller
> - :
> - :
> - Device (IPMB)
> - {
> - Name (_HID, "IPMB0001") // IPMB device interface
> - Name (_UID, 0) // Unique device identifier
> - }
> -}
> + Device (SMB0) // Example SMBus host controller
> + {
> + Name (_HID, "<Vendor-Specific HID>") // Vendor-Specific HID
> + Name (_UID, 0) // Unique ID of particular host controller
> + :
> + :
> + Device (IPMB)
> + {
> + Name (_HID, "IPMB0001") // IPMB device interface
> + Name (_UID, 0) // Unique device identifier
> + }
> + }
>
> -b) Example for device tree:
> +b) Example for device tree::
>
> -&i2c2 {
> - status = "okay";
> + &i2c2 {
> + status = "okay";
>
> - ipmb@10 {
> - compatible = "ipmb-dev";
> - reg = <0x10>;
> - };
> -};
> + ipmb@10 {
> + compatible = "ipmb-dev";
> + reg = <0x10>;
> + };
> + };
>
> -2) Manually from Linux:
> -modprobe ipmb-dev-int
> +2) Manually from Linux::
> +
> + modprobe ipmb-dev-int
>
>
> Instantiate the device
> @@ -86,15 +87,16 @@ described in 'Documentation/i2c/instantiating-devices.rst'.
> If you have multiple BMCs, each connected to your Satellite MC via
> a different I2C bus, you can instantiate a device for each of
> those BMCs.
> +
> The name of the instantiated device contains the I2C bus number
> -associated with it as follows:
> +associated with it as follows::
>
> -BMC1 ------ IPMB/I2C bus 1 ---------| /dev/ipmb-1
> + BMC1 ------ IPMB/I2C bus 1 ---------| /dev/ipmb-1
> Satellite MC
> -BMC1 ------ IPMB/I2C bus 2 ---------| /dev/ipmb-2
> + BMC1 ------ IPMB/I2C bus 2 ---------| /dev/ipmb-2
>
> For instance, you can instantiate the ipmb-dev-int device from
> -user space at the 7 bit address 0x10 on bus 2:
> +user space at the 7 bit address 0x10 on bus 2::
>
> # echo ipmb-dev 0x1010 > /sys/bus/i2c/devices/i2c-2/new_device
>
> --
> 2.21.0
>