On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 7:31 PM, Jeremy Kerr <j...@ozlabs.org> wrote: > Hi Brendan, > >> The driver was handling interaction with userspace on its own. This >> patch changes it to use the functionality of the ipmi_bmc framework >> instead. >> >> Note that this removes the ability for the BMC to set SMS_ATN by making >> an ioctl. If this functionality is required, it can be added back in >> with a later patch. > > As Chris has mentioned, we do use this actively at the moment, so I'd > prefer if we could not drop the support for SMS_ATN. However, using a > different interface should be fine, if that helps.
Whoops, I did not realize that anyone was using it. Yeah, adding it back in should not be too hard. > > Cheers, > > > Jeremy