[PATCH] dcdbas: add Dell Systems Management Base Driver with sysfs support

This patch adds the Dell Systems Management Base Driver with sysfs support.

This driver has been tested with Dell OpenManage.

Signed-off-by: Doug Warzecha <Douglas_Warzecha@dell.com>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/Kconfig b/drivers/firmware/Kconfig
index b9b6e4273f01..327b58e64875 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/firmware/Kconfig
@@ -67,4 +67,22 @@ config DELL_RBU
          supporting application to comunicate with the BIOS regarding the new
          image for the image update to take effect.
          See <file:Documentation/dell_rbu.txt> for more details on the driver.
+
+config DCDBAS
+        tristate "Dell Systems Management Base Driver"
+        depends on X86 || X86_64
+        default m
+        help
+          The Dell Systems Management Base Driver provides a sysfs interface
+          for systems management software to perform System Management
+          Interrupts (SMIs) and Host Control Actions (system power cycle or
+          power off after OS shutdown) on certain Dell systems.
+
+          See <file:Documentation/dcdbas.txt> for more details on the driver
+          and the Dell systems on which Dell systems management software makes
+          use of this driver.
+
+          Say Y or M here to enable the driver for use by Dell systems
+          management software such as Dell OpenManage.
+
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