[PATCH 2.6.13-rc7] dcdbas: add Dell Systems Management Base Driver with sysfs support

2005-08-25 Thread Doug Warzecha
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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- diff -uprN linux-2.6.13-rc7.orig/Documentation/dcdbas.txt linux-2.6.13-rc7/Documentation/dcdbas.txt ---

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

2005-08-25 Thread Doug Warzecha
On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 08:09:09PM -0700, Chris Wedgwood wrote: > On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 09:00:21PM -0500, Doug Warzecha wrote: > > [...] > > > +Dell OpenManage requires this driver on the following Dell PowerEdge > > systems: > > +300, 1300, 1400, 400SC, 500S

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

2005-08-25 Thread Doug Warzecha
On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 08:09:09PM -0700, Chris Wedgwood wrote: On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 09:00:21PM -0500, Doug Warzecha wrote: [...] +Dell OpenManage requires this driver on the following Dell PowerEdge systems: +300, 1300, 1400, 400SC, 500SC, 1500SC, 1550, 600SC, 1600SC, 650, 1655MC

[PATCH 2.6.13-rc7] dcdbas: add Dell Systems Management Base Driver with sysfs support

2005-08-25 Thread Doug Warzecha
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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- diff -uprN linux-2.6.13-rc7.orig/Documentation/dcdbas.txt linux-2.6.13-rc7/Documentation/dcdbas.txt --- linux-2.6.13

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

2005-08-24 Thread Doug Warzecha
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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- diff -uprN linux-2.6.13-rc6.orig/Documentation/dcdbas.txt linux-2.6.13-rc6/Documentation/dcdbas.txt ---

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

2005-08-24 Thread Doug Warzecha
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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- diff -uprN linux-2.6.13-rc6.orig/Documentation/dcdbas.txt linux-2.6.13-rc6/Documentation/dcdbas.txt --- linux-2.6.13

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

2005-08-20 Thread Doug Warzecha
. * smi_data_write will grow smi_data_buf if needed. * Renamed struct callintf_cmd to struct smi_cmd. * Renamed callintf_smi to smi_request. * Added 2 more supported values that were requested in smi_request_store. * Hold rtc_lock across SMI in host_control_smi. Signed-off-by: Doug Warzecha <[EMAIL PROTEC

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

2005-08-20 Thread Doug Warzecha
. * smi_data_write will grow smi_data_buf if needed. * Renamed struct callintf_cmd to struct smi_cmd. * Renamed callintf_smi to smi_request. * Added 2 more supported values that were requested in smi_request_store. * Hold rtc_lock across SMI in host_control_smi. Signed-off-by: Doug Warzecha [EMAIL PROTECTED

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

2005-08-16 Thread Doug Warzecha
On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 10:52:48PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 03:05:22PM -0500, Doug Warzecha wrote: > > + > > +1) Lock smi_data. > > +2) Determine buffer size needed for system management command. > > +3) Write buffer size needed to smi_dat

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

2005-08-16 Thread Doug Warzecha
On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 10:52:48PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 03:05:22PM -0500, Doug Warzecha wrote: + +1) Lock smi_data. +2) Determine buffer size needed for system management command. +3) Write buffer size needed to smi_data_buf_size. + (Driver will ensure

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

2005-08-15 Thread Doug Warzecha
On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 04:23:37PM -0400, Kyle Moffett wrote: > On Aug 15, 2005, at 16:05:22, Doug Warzecha wrote: > >This patch adds the Dell Systems Management Base Driver with sysfs > >support. > > >+On some Dell systems, systems management software must acces

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

2005-08-15 Thread Doug Warzecha
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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- diff -uprN linux-2.6.13-rc6.orig/Documentation/dcdbas.txt linux-2.6.13-rc6/Documentation/dcdbas.txt --- linux-

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

2005-08-15 Thread Doug Warzecha
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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- diff -uprN linux-2.6.13-rc6.orig/Documentation/dcdbas.txt linux-2.6.13-rc6/Documentation/dcdbas.txt --- linux-2.6.13

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

2005-08-15 Thread Doug Warzecha
On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 04:23:37PM -0400, Kyle Moffett wrote: On Aug 15, 2005, at 16:05:22, Doug Warzecha wrote: This patch adds the Dell Systems Management Base Driver with sysfs support. +On some Dell systems, systems management software must access certain +management information via

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,

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 us

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

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 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) > > >&g

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 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

[PATCH] char: Add Dell Systems Management Base driver

2005-07-05 Thread Doug Warzecha
indicated in the file. Signed-off-by: Doug Warzecha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- diff -uprN linux-2.6.13-rc1.orig/drivers/char/dcdbas.c linux-2.6.13-rc1/drivers/char/dcdbas.c --- linux-2.6.13-rc1.orig/drivers/char/dcdbas.c 1969-12-31 18:00:00.0 -0600 +++ linux-2.6.13-rc1/drivers/char/dc

[PATCH] char: Add Dell Systems Management Base driver

2005-07-05 Thread Doug Warzecha
indicated in the file. Signed-off-by: Doug Warzecha [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- diff -uprN linux-2.6.13-rc1.orig/drivers/char/dcdbas.c linux-2.6.13-rc1/drivers/char/dcdbas.c --- linux-2.6.13-rc1.orig/drivers/char/dcdbas.c 1969-12-31 18:00:00.0 -0600 +++ linux-2.6.13-rc1/drivers/char/dcdbas.c