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* ibm_rtl: _RTL_ is not available in UEFI modeVernon Mauery2010-11-24
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Some of the IBM servers that are supported by ibm_rtl can run in both Legacy mode (BIOS) and in UEFI mode. When running in UEFI mode, it is possible that the EBDA table exists but cannot be mapped and reports errors. We need to make sure that by default we don't try to probe the machines if they are running in UEFI mode. Signed-off-by: Vernon Mauery <vernux@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com>
* ibm_rtl: Loosen the DMI criteria to all IBM machinesVernon Mauery2010-11-24
| | | | | | | | | Allow all IBM machines to pass the DMI check so that we don't have to add them one by one to the driver. Any IBM machine that has the _RTL_ table in the EBDA will work. Signed-off-by: Vernon Mauery <vernux@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com>
* ibm_rtl: fix printk format warningRandy Dunlap2010-11-24
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Fix printk format warning: drivers/platform/x86/ibm_rtl.c:305:warning: format '%#llx' expects type 'long long unsigned int', but argument 2 has type 'phys_addr_t' Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Cc: Keith Mannthey <kmannth@us.ibm.com> Cc: Vernon Mauery <vernux@us.ibm.com> Cc: platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org Cc: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com>
* IBM Real-Time "SMI Free" mode driver -v7Vernon Mauery2010-10-21
After a period of RFC for this driver, I think it is ready for inclusion in the platform-driver-x86 tree, hopefully to be staged in the next merge window into Linus's tree. --Vernon ------------------------------------------------------------ IBM Real-Time "SMI Free" mode driver This driver supports the Real-Time Linux (RTL) BIOS feature. The RTL feature allows non-fatal System Management Interrupts (SMIs) to be disabled on supported IBM platforms and is intended to be coupled with a user-space daemon to monitor the hardware in a way that can be prioritized and scheduled to better suit the requirements for the system. The Device is presented as a special "_RTL_" table to the OS in the Extended BIOS Data Area. There is a simple protocol for entering and exiting the mode at runtime. This driver creates a simple sysfs interface to allow a simple entry and exit from RTL mode in the UFI/BIOS. Since the driver is specific to IBM SystemX hardware (x86- based servers) it only builds on x86 builds. To reduce the risk of loading on the wrong hardware, the module uses DMI information and checks a list of servers that are known to work. Signed-off-by: Vernon Mauery <vernux@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com>