[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 b9b6e42..327b58e 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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