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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2015-05-05 22:42:01 -0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2015-05-05 22:42:01 -0400
commit5198b44374adb3f6143459a03c37f103f8a09548 (patch)
tree1d564ca3171f8be01a92404ec68f8005dc9e8f11 /Documentation
parent2a171aa21afcd43f6cee574154d8c8db905351e5 (diff)
parent3d69d43baa2749c3d187ce70940d7aebe609e149 (diff)
Merge tag 'for-linus-4.1-1' of git://git.code.sf.net/p/openipmi/linux-ipmi
Pull IPMI fixes from Corey Minyard: "Lots of minor IPMI fixes, especially ones that have have come up since the SSIF driver has been in the main kernel for a while" * tag 'for-linus-4.1-1' of git://git.code.sf.net/p/openipmi/linux-ipmi: ipmi: Fix multi-part message handling ipmi: Add alert handling to SSIF ipmi: Fix a problem that messages are not issued in run_to_completion mode ipmi: Report an error if ACPI _IFT doesn't exist ipmi: Remove unused including <linux/version.h> ipmi: Don't report err in the SI driver for SSIF devices ipmi: Remove incorrect use of seq_has_overflowed ipmi:ssif: Ignore spaces when comparing I2C adapter names ipmi_ssif: Fix the logic on user-supplied addresses
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diff --git a/Documentation/IPMI.txt b/Documentation/IPMI.txt
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@@ -505,7 +505,10 @@ at module load time (for a module) with:
505 505
506The addresses are normal I2C addresses. The adapter is the string 506The addresses are normal I2C addresses. The adapter is the string
507name of the adapter, as shown in /sys/class/i2c-adapter/i2c-<n>/name. 507name of the adapter, as shown in /sys/class/i2c-adapter/i2c-<n>/name.
508It is *NOT* i2c-<n> itself. 508It is *NOT* i2c-<n> itself. Also, the comparison is done ignoring
509spaces, so if the name is "This is an I2C chip" you can say
510adapter_name=ThisisanI2cchip. This is because it's hard to pass in
511spaces in kernel parameters.
509 512
510The debug flags are bit flags for each BMC found, they are: 513The debug flags are bit flags for each BMC found, they are:
511IPMI messages: 1, driver state: 2, timing: 4, I2C probe: 8 514IPMI messages: 1, driver state: 2, timing: 4, I2C probe: 8