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author | Zhao Yakui <yakui.zhao@intel.com> | 2010-12-08 10:10:17 +0800 |
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committer | Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> | 2010-12-14 00:22:00 -0500 |
commit | 37bf501bdda1d5d6ea73ce29d4b00d291b6f3811 (patch) | |
tree | 0ceaf0c73525c154dc72d55170c7d6edcbb2c08f /Documentation/IPMI.txt | |
parent | 16f4232ce4d6855361b4eb56262f4a202295c978 (diff) | |
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IPMI: Add the document description of ipmi_get_smi_info
Add the document description about how to use ipmi_get_smi_info.
Signed-off-by: Zhao Yakui <yakui.zhao@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.com>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/IPMI.txt b/Documentation/IPMI.txt index 69dd29e..b2bea15 100644 --- a/Documentation/IPMI.txt +++ b/Documentation/IPMI.txt @@ -533,6 +533,33 @@ completion during sending a panic event. Other Pieces ------------ +Get the detailed info related with the IPMI device +-------------------------------------------------- + +Some users need more detailed information about a device, like where +the address came from or the raw base device for the IPMI interface. +You can use the IPMI smi_watcher to catch the IPMI interfaces as they +come or go, and to grab the information, you can use the function +ipmi_get_smi_info(), which returns the following structure: + +struct ipmi_smi_info { + enum ipmi_addr_src addr_src; + struct device *dev; + union { + struct { + void *acpi_handle; + } acpi_info; + } addr_info; +}; + +Currently special info for only for SI_ACPI address sources is +returned. Others may be added as necessary. + +Note that the dev pointer is included in the above structure, and +assuming ipmi_smi_get_info returns success, you must call put_device +on the dev pointer. + + Watchdog -------- |