Re: [PATCH] char: Add Dell Systems Management Base driver

2005-07-16 Thread Chris Wedgwood
On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 06:17:29PM -0500, Doug Warzecha wrote: > Because the hardware interfaces on those systems and the Dell > systems management software that access the interfaces are > proprietary, I can't provide specifications for the interfaces or > source code for the software. So you

Re: [PATCH] char: Add Dell Systems Management Base driver

2005-07-16 Thread Chris Wedgwood
On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 06:17:29PM -0500, Doug Warzecha wrote: Because the hardware interfaces on those systems and the Dell systems management software that access the interfaces are proprietary, I can't provide specifications for the interfaces or source code for the software. So you want

Re: [PATCH] char: Add Dell Systems Management Base driver

2005-07-14 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! Please use enter key every 70 chars or so... > >> This patch adds the Dell Systems Management Base driver. > > > >You keep posting this driver without explaining/showing how it's used. > >Could you perhaps give some more details here please? > > Here's some more information on

Re: [PATCH] char: Add Dell Systems Management Base driver

2005-07-14 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! Please use enter key every 70 chars or so... This patch adds the Dell Systems Management Base driver. You keep posting this driver without explaining/showing how it's used. Could you perhaps give some more details here please? Here's some more information on the driver

Re: [PATCH] char: Add Dell Systems Management Base driver

2005-07-13 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 07:57:16PM -0500, Doug Warzecha wrote: > On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 11:07:37AM -0500, Greg KH wrote: > >On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 10:57:35AM -0500, Doug Warzecha wrote: > >> On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 11:17:03PM -0500, Greg KH wrote: > >> > > >> >I'm sure I

Re: [PATCH] char: Add Dell Systems Management Base driver

2005-07-13 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 07:57:16PM -0500, Doug Warzecha wrote: On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 11:07:37AM -0500, Greg KH wrote: On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 10:57:35AM -0500, Doug Warzecha wrote: On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 11:17:03PM -0500, Greg KH wrote: I'm sure I commented on this

Re: [PATCH] char: Add Dell Systems Management Base driver

2005-07-12 Thread Doug Warzecha
On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 11:07:37AM -0500, Greg KH wrote: >On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 10:57:35AM -0500, Doug Warzecha wrote: >> On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 11:17:03PM -0500, Greg KH wrote: >> > >> >I'm sure I commented on this driver already, yet, I never got a >response >> >

Re: [PATCH] char: Add Dell Systems Management Base driver

2005-07-12 Thread Doug Warzecha
On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 07:53:20PM -0500, Chris Wedgwood wrote: >On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 07:13:34PM -0500, Doug Warzecha wrote: > >> This patch adds the Dell Systems Management Base driver. > >You keep posting this driver without explaining/showing how it's used. >Could you

Re: [PATCH] char: Add Dell Systems Management Base driver

2005-07-12 Thread Doug Warzecha
On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 07:53:20PM -0500, Chris Wedgwood wrote: On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 07:13:34PM -0500, Doug Warzecha wrote: This patch adds the Dell Systems Management Base driver. You keep posting this driver without explaining/showing how it's used. Could you perhaps give

Re: [PATCH] char: Add Dell Systems Management Base driver

2005-07-12 Thread Doug Warzecha
On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 11:07:37AM -0500, Greg KH wrote: On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 10:57:35AM -0500, Doug Warzecha wrote: On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 11:17:03PM -0500, Greg KH wrote: I'm sure I commented on this driver already, yet, I never got a response and the

Re: [PATCH] char: Add Dell Systems Management Base driver

2005-07-06 Thread Doug Warzecha
On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 11:17:03PM -0500, Greg KH wrote: >> +static void dcdbas_device_release(struct device *dev) >> +{ >> + /* nothing to release */ >> +} > >This is a symptom of a broken driver. > >Hm, I wonder if there's some way for the compiler to check the fact

Re: [PATCH] char: Add Dell Systems Management Base driver

2005-07-06 Thread Greg KH
On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 10:57:35AM -0500, Doug Warzecha wrote: > On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 11:17:03PM -0500, Greg KH wrote: > >> +static void dcdbas_device_release(struct device *dev) > >> +{ > >> + /* nothing to release */ > >> +} > > > >This is a symptom of a broken

Re: [PATCH] char: Add Dell Systems Management Base driver

2005-07-06 Thread Greg KH
On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 06:41:19PM -0500, Doug Warzecha wrote: > On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 09:07:37AM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 10:57:35AM -0500, Doug Warzecha wrote: > > > On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 11:17:03PM -0500, Greg KH wrote: > > > >> +static void

Re: [PATCH] char: Add Dell Systems Management Base driver

2005-07-06 Thread Doug Warzecha
On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 09:07:37AM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 10:57:35AM -0500, Doug Warzecha wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 11:17:03PM -0500, Greg KH wrote: > > >> +static void dcdbas_device_release(struct device *dev) > > >> +{ > > >> + /* nothing to

Re: [PATCH] char: Add Dell Systems Management Base driver

2005-07-06 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 07:13:34PM -0500, Doug Warzecha wrote: > This patch adds the Dell Systems Management Base driver. > > The Dell Systems Management Base driver is a character driver that > implements ioctls for Dell systems management software to use to > communicate with the driver. The

Re: [PATCH] char: Add Dell Systems Management Base driver

2005-07-06 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 07:13:34PM -0500, Doug Warzecha wrote: This patch adds the Dell Systems Management Base driver. The Dell Systems Management Base driver is a character driver that implements ioctls for Dell systems management software to use to communicate with the driver. The driver

Re: [PATCH] char: Add Dell Systems Management Base driver

2005-07-06 Thread Doug Warzecha
On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 09:07:37AM -0700, Greg KH wrote: On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 10:57:35AM -0500, Doug Warzecha wrote: On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 11:17:03PM -0500, Greg KH wrote: +static void dcdbas_device_release(struct device *dev) +{ + /* nothing to release */

Re: [PATCH] char: Add Dell Systems Management Base driver

2005-07-06 Thread Greg KH
On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 06:41:19PM -0500, Doug Warzecha wrote: On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 09:07:37AM -0700, Greg KH wrote: On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 10:57:35AM -0500, Doug Warzecha wrote: On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 11:17:03PM -0500, Greg KH wrote: +static void dcdbas_device_release(struct

Re: [PATCH] char: Add Dell Systems Management Base driver

2005-07-06 Thread Greg KH
On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 10:57:35AM -0500, Doug Warzecha wrote: On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 11:17:03PM -0500, Greg KH wrote: +static void dcdbas_device_release(struct device *dev) +{ + /* nothing to release */ +} This is a symptom of a broken driver. Hm, I

Re: [PATCH] char: Add Dell Systems Management Base driver

2005-07-06 Thread Doug Warzecha
On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 11:17:03PM -0500, Greg KH wrote: +static void dcdbas_device_release(struct device *dev) +{ + /* nothing to release */ +} This is a symptom of a broken driver. Hm, I wonder if there's some way for the compiler to check the fact that a

Re: [PATCH] char: Add Dell Systems Management Base driver

2005-07-05 Thread randy_dunlap
On Tue, 5 Jul 2005 19:13:34 -0500 Doug Warzecha wrote: | This patch adds the Dell Systems Management Base driver. | | The Dell Systems Management Base driver is a character driver that | implements ioctls for Dell systems management software to use to | communicate with the driver. The driver

Re: [PATCH] char: Add Dell Systems Management Base driver

2005-07-05 Thread Chris Wedgwood
On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 07:13:34PM -0500, Doug Warzecha wrote: > This patch adds the Dell Systems Management Base driver. You keep posting this driver without explaining/showing how it's used. Could you perhaps give some more details here please? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line

[PATCH] char: Add Dell Systems Management Base driver

2005-07-05 Thread Doug Warzecha
This patch adds the Dell Systems Management Base driver. The Dell Systems Management Base driver is a character driver that implements ioctls for Dell systems management software to use to communicate with the driver. The driver provides support for Dell systems management software to manage the

[PATCH] char: Add Dell Systems Management Base driver

2005-07-05 Thread Doug Warzecha
This patch adds the Dell Systems Management Base driver. The Dell Systems Management Base driver is a character driver that implements ioctls for Dell systems management software to use to communicate with the driver. The driver provides support for Dell systems management software to manage the

Re: [PATCH] char: Add Dell Systems Management Base driver

2005-07-05 Thread Chris Wedgwood
On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 07:13:34PM -0500, Doug Warzecha wrote: This patch adds the Dell Systems Management Base driver. You keep posting this driver without explaining/showing how it's used. Could you perhaps give some more details here please? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line

Re: [PATCH] char: Add Dell Systems Management Base driver

2005-07-05 Thread randy_dunlap
On Tue, 5 Jul 2005 19:13:34 -0500 Doug Warzecha wrote: | This patch adds the Dell Systems Management Base driver. | | The Dell Systems Management Base driver is a character driver that | implements ioctls for Dell systems management software to use to | communicate with the driver. The driver