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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2013-02-27 20:58:09 -0800 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2013-02-27 20:58:09 -0800 |
commit | 2a7d2b96d5cba7568139d9ab157a0e97ab32440f (patch) | |
tree | ad029d8cc7b7068b7250e914360ec6315fdfa114 /Documentation/IPMI.txt | |
parent | e3c4877de8b9d93bd47b6ee88eb594b1c1e10da5 (diff) | |
parent | b67bfe0d42cac56c512dd5da4b1b347a23f4b70a (diff) |
Merge branch 'akpm' (final batch from Andrew)
Merge third patch-bumb from Andrew Morton:
"This wraps me up for -rc1.
- Lots of misc stuff and things which were deferred/missed from
patchbombings 1 & 2.
- ocfs2 things
- lib/scatterlist
- hfsplus
- fatfs
- documentation
- signals
- procfs
- lockdep
- coredump
- seqfile core
- kexec
- Tejun's large IDR tree reworkings
- ipmi
- partitions
- nbd
- random() things
- kfifo
- tools/testing/selftests updates
- Sasha's large and pointless hlist cleanup"
* emailed patches from Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>: (163 commits)
hlist: drop the node parameter from iterators
kcmp: make it depend on CHECKPOINT_RESTORE
selftests: add a simple doc
tools/testing/selftests/Makefile: rearrange targets
selftests/efivarfs: add create-read test
selftests/efivarfs: add empty file creation test
selftests: add tests for efivarfs
kfifo: fix kfifo_alloc() and kfifo_init()
kfifo: move kfifo.c from kernel/ to lib/
arch Kconfig: centralise CONFIG_ARCH_NO_VIRT_TO_BUS
w1: add support for DS2413 Dual Channel Addressable Switch
memstick: move the dereference below the NULL test
drivers/pps/clients/pps-gpio.c: use devm_kzalloc
Documentation/DMA-API-HOWTO.txt: fix typo
include/linux/eventfd.h: fix incorrect filename is a comment
mtd: mtd_stresstest: use prandom_bytes()
mtd: mtd_subpagetest: convert to use prandom library
mtd: mtd_speedtest: use prandom_bytes
mtd: mtd_pagetest: convert to use prandom library
mtd: mtd_oobtest: convert to use prandom library
...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/IPMI.txt')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/IPMI.txt | 18 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/IPMI.txt b/Documentation/IPMI.txt index 16eb4c9e923..f13c9132e9f 100644 --- a/Documentation/IPMI.txt +++ b/Documentation/IPMI.txt @@ -348,34 +348,40 @@ You can change this at module load time (for a module) with: modprobe ipmi_si.o type=<type1>,<type2>.... ports=<port1>,<port2>... addrs=<addr1>,<addr2>... - irqs=<irq1>,<irq2>... trydefaults=[0|1] + irqs=<irq1>,<irq2>... regspacings=<sp1>,<sp2>,... regsizes=<size1>,<size2>,... regshifts=<shift1>,<shift2>,... slave_addrs=<addr1>,<addr2>,... force_kipmid=<enable1>,<enable2>,... kipmid_max_busy_us=<ustime1>,<ustime2>,... unload_when_empty=[0|1] + trydefaults=[0|1] trydmi=[0|1] tryacpi=[0|1] + tryplatform=[0|1] trypci=[0|1] -Each of these except si_trydefaults is a list, the first item for the +Each of these except try... items is a list, the first item for the first interface, second item for the second interface, etc. The si_type may be either "kcs", "smic", or "bt". If you leave it blank, it defaults to "kcs". -If you specify si_addrs as non-zero for an interface, the driver will +If you specify addrs as non-zero for an interface, the driver will use the memory address given as the address of the device. This overrides si_ports. -If you specify si_ports as non-zero for an interface, the driver will +If you specify ports as non-zero for an interface, the driver will use the I/O port given as the device address. -If you specify si_irqs as non-zero for an interface, the driver will +If you specify irqs as non-zero for an interface, the driver will attempt to use the given interrupt for the device. -si_trydefaults sets whether the standard IPMI interface at 0xca2 and +trydefaults sets whether the standard IPMI interface at 0xca2 and any interfaces specified by ACPE are tried. By default, the driver tries it, set this value to zero to turn this off. +The other try... items disable discovery by their corresponding +names. These are all enabled by default, set them to zero to disable +them. The tryplatform disables openfirmware. + The next three parameters have to do with register layout. The registers used by the interfaces may not appear at successive locations and they may not be in 8-bit registers. These parameters |