RE: [RFC][PATCH 2.6.13-rc6] add Dell Systems Management Base Driver (dcdbas) with sysfs support

2005-08-16 Thread Michael_E_Brown
> -Original Message- > From: Greg KH [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 6:24 PM > To: Brown, Michael E > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; > Warzecha, Douglas; Domsch, Matt > Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 2.6.13-rc6] add Dell Systems > Management

Re: [RFC][PATCH 2.6.13-rc6] add Dell Systems Management Base Driver (dcdbas) with sysfs support

2005-08-16 Thread Michael_E_Brown
Greg KH wrote: >On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 08:34:24AM -0500, Michael E Brown wrote: > > >>On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 01:16 -0700, Greg KH wrote: >> >> >>>No, export this data properly through sysfs like all other temperature >>>and sensor data is. Don't create a new one, no matter how much you

Re: [RFC][PATCH 2.6.13-rc6] add Dell Systems Management Base Driver (dcdbas) with sysfs support

2005-08-16 Thread Michael_E_Brown
Greg KH wrote: On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 08:34:24AM -0500, Michael E Brown wrote: On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 01:16 -0700, Greg KH wrote: No, export this data properly through sysfs like all other temperature and sensor data is. Don't create a new one, no matter how much you would like to keep

RE: [RFC][PATCH 2.6.13-rc6] add Dell Systems Management Base Driver (dcdbas) with sysfs support

2005-08-16 Thread Michael_E_Brown
-Original Message- From: Greg KH [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 6:24 PM To: Brown, Michael E Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; Warzecha, Douglas; Domsch, Matt Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 2.6.13-rc6] add Dell Systems Management Base

Re: [RFC][PATCH 2.6.13-rc6] add Dell Systems Management Base Driver (dcdbas) with sysfs support

2005-08-15 Thread Michael_E_Brown
>> +On some Dell systems, systems management software must access certain >> +management information via a system management interrupt (SMI). >> The SMI data >> +buffer must reside in 32-bit address space, and the physical >> address of the >> +buffer is required for the SMI. The driver

Re: [RFC][PATCH 2.6.13-rc6] add Dell Systems Management Base Driver (dcdbas) with sysfs support

2005-08-15 Thread Michael_E_Brown
+On some Dell systems, systems management software must access certain +management information via a system management interrupt (SMI). The SMI data +buffer must reside in 32-bit address space, and the physical address of the +buffer is required for the SMI. The driver maintains the