[PATCH 2.6.13-rc7] 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 <[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-rc7.orig/Documentation/dcdbas.txt 1969-12-31 18:00:00.0 -0600 +++ linux-2.6.13-rc7/Documentation/dcdbas.txt 2005-08-25 10:58:40.0 -0500 @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ +Overview + +The Dell Systems Management Base Driver provides a sysfs interface for +systems management software such as Dell OpenManage to perform system +management interrupts and host control actions (system power cycle or +power off after OS shutdown) on certain Dell systems. + +Dell OpenManage requires this driver on the following Dell PowerEdge systems: +300, 1300, 1400, 400SC, 500SC, 1500SC, 1550, 600SC, 1600SC, 650, 1655MC, +700, and 750. Other Dell software such as the open source libsmbios project +is expected to make use of this driver, and it may include the use of this +driver on other Dell systems. + +The Dell libsmbios project aims towards providing access to as much BIOS +information as possible. See http://linux.dell.com/libsmbios/main/ for +more information about the libsmbios project. + + +System Management Interrupt + +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 memory required for +the SMI and provides a way for the application to generate the SMI. +The driver creates the following sysfs entries for systems management +software to perform these system management interrupts: + +/sys/devices/platform/dcdbas/smi_data +/sys/devices/platform/dcdbas/smi_data_buf_phys_addr +/sys/devices/platform/dcdbas/smi_data_buf_size +/sys/devices/platform/dcdbas/smi_request + +Systems management software must perform the following steps to execute +a SMI using this driver: + +1) Lock smi_data. +2) Write system management command to smi_data. +3) Write "1" to smi_request to generate a calling interface SMI or + "2" to generate a raw SMI. +4) Read system management command response from smi_data. +5) Unlock smi_data. + + +Host Control Action + +Dell OpenManage supports a host control feature that allows the administrator +to perform a power cycle or power off of the system after the OS has finished +shutting down. On some Dell systems, this host control feature requires that +a driver perform a SMI after the OS has finished shutting down. + +The driver creates the following sysfs entries for systems management software +to schedule the driver to perform a power cycle or power off host control +action after the system has finished shutting down: + +/sys/devices/platform/dcdbas/host_control_action +/sys/devices/platform/dcdbas/host_control_smi_type +/sys/devices/platform/dcdbas/host_control_on_shutdown + +Dell OpenManage performs the following steps to execute a power cycle or +power off host control action using this driver: + +1) Write host control action to be performed to host_control_action. +2) Write type of SMI that driver needs to perform to host_control_smi_type. +3) Write "1" to host_control_on_shutdown to enable host control action. +4) Initiate OS shutdown. + (Driver will perform host control SMI when it is notified that the OS + has finished shutting down.) + + +Host Control SMI Type + +The following table shows the value to write to host_control_smi_type to +perform a power cycle or power off host control action: + +PowerEdge SystemHost Control SMI Type +- + 300 HC_SMITYPE_TYPE1 + 1300 HC_SMITYPE_TYPE1 + 1400 HC_SMITYPE_TYPE2 + 500SC HC_SMITYPE_TYPE2 + 1500SC HC_SMITYPE_TYPE2 + 1550 HC_SMITYPE_TYPE2 + 600SC HC_SMITYPE_TYPE2 + 1600SC HC_SMITYPE_TYPE2 + 650 HC_SMITYPE_TYPE2 + 1655MC HC_SMITYPE_TYPE2 + 700 HC_SMITYPE_TYPE3 + 750 HC_SMITYPE_TYPE3 + + diff -uprN linux-2.6.13-rc7.orig/drivers/firmware/dcdbas.c linux-2.6.13-rc7/drivers/firmware/dcdbas.c --- linux-2.6.13-rc7.orig/drivers/firmware/dcdbas.c 1969-12-31 18:00:00.0 -0600 +++ linux-2.6.13-rc7/drivers/firmware/dcdbas.c 2005-08-25 19:01:20.0 -0500 @@ -0,0 +1,596 @@ +/* + * dcdbas.c: Dell Systems Management Base Driver + * + * The Dell Systems Management Base Driver provides a sysfs interface for + * systems management software to perform System Management Interrupts (SMIs) + * and Host Control Actions (power cycle or power off after OS shutdown) on + * Dell systems. + * + * See Documentation/dcdbas.txt for more information. + * + * Copyright (C) 1995-2005 Dell Inc. + * +
[PATCH 2.6.13-rc7] 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 [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-rc7.orig/Documentation/dcdbas.txt 1969-12-31 18:00:00.0 -0600 +++ linux-2.6.13-rc7/Documentation/dcdbas.txt 2005-08-25 10:58:40.0 -0500 @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ +Overview + +The Dell Systems Management Base Driver provides a sysfs interface for +systems management software such as Dell OpenManage to perform system +management interrupts and host control actions (system power cycle or +power off after OS shutdown) on certain Dell systems. + +Dell OpenManage requires this driver on the following Dell PowerEdge systems: +300, 1300, 1400, 400SC, 500SC, 1500SC, 1550, 600SC, 1600SC, 650, 1655MC, +700, and 750. Other Dell software such as the open source libsmbios project +is expected to make use of this driver, and it may include the use of this +driver on other Dell systems. + +The Dell libsmbios project aims towards providing access to as much BIOS +information as possible. See http://linux.dell.com/libsmbios/main/ for +more information about the libsmbios project. + + +System Management Interrupt + +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 memory required for +the SMI and provides a way for the application to generate the SMI. +The driver creates the following sysfs entries for systems management +software to perform these system management interrupts: + +/sys/devices/platform/dcdbas/smi_data +/sys/devices/platform/dcdbas/smi_data_buf_phys_addr +/sys/devices/platform/dcdbas/smi_data_buf_size +/sys/devices/platform/dcdbas/smi_request + +Systems management software must perform the following steps to execute +a SMI using this driver: + +1) Lock smi_data. +2) Write system management command to smi_data. +3) Write 1 to smi_request to generate a calling interface SMI or + 2 to generate a raw SMI. +4) Read system management command response from smi_data. +5) Unlock smi_data. + + +Host Control Action + +Dell OpenManage supports a host control feature that allows the administrator +to perform a power cycle or power off of the system after the OS has finished +shutting down. On some Dell systems, this host control feature requires that +a driver perform a SMI after the OS has finished shutting down. + +The driver creates the following sysfs entries for systems management software +to schedule the driver to perform a power cycle or power off host control +action after the system has finished shutting down: + +/sys/devices/platform/dcdbas/host_control_action +/sys/devices/platform/dcdbas/host_control_smi_type +/sys/devices/platform/dcdbas/host_control_on_shutdown + +Dell OpenManage performs the following steps to execute a power cycle or +power off host control action using this driver: + +1) Write host control action to be performed to host_control_action. +2) Write type of SMI that driver needs to perform to host_control_smi_type. +3) Write 1 to host_control_on_shutdown to enable host control action. +4) Initiate OS shutdown. + (Driver will perform host control SMI when it is notified that the OS + has finished shutting down.) + + +Host Control SMI Type + +The following table shows the value to write to host_control_smi_type to +perform a power cycle or power off host control action: + +PowerEdge SystemHost Control SMI Type +- + 300 HC_SMITYPE_TYPE1 + 1300 HC_SMITYPE_TYPE1 + 1400 HC_SMITYPE_TYPE2 + 500SC HC_SMITYPE_TYPE2 + 1500SC HC_SMITYPE_TYPE2 + 1550 HC_SMITYPE_TYPE2 + 600SC HC_SMITYPE_TYPE2 + 1600SC HC_SMITYPE_TYPE2 + 650 HC_SMITYPE_TYPE2 + 1655MC HC_SMITYPE_TYPE2 + 700 HC_SMITYPE_TYPE3 + 750 HC_SMITYPE_TYPE3 + + diff -uprN linux-2.6.13-rc7.orig/drivers/firmware/dcdbas.c linux-2.6.13-rc7/drivers/firmware/dcdbas.c --- linux-2.6.13-rc7.orig/drivers/firmware/dcdbas.c 1969-12-31 18:00:00.0 -0600 +++ linux-2.6.13-rc7/drivers/firmware/dcdbas.c 2005-08-25 19:01:20.0 -0500 @@ -0,0 +1,596 @@ +/* + * dcdbas.c: Dell Systems Management Base Driver + * + * The Dell Systems Management Base Driver provides a sysfs interface for + * systems management software to perform System Management Interrupts (SMIs) + * and Host Control Actions (power cycle or power off after OS shutdown) on + * Dell systems. + * + * See Documentation/dcdbas.txt for more information. + * + * Copyright (C) 1995-2005 Dell Inc. + * + * This
