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authorChristian Krafft <parabelboi@bopserverein.de>2007-02-14 14:09:45 +0100
committerPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>2007-02-16 14:00:19 +1100
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[POWERPC] Add PMI driver for cell blade
This adds driver code for the PMI device found in future IBM products. PMI stands for "Platform Management Interrupt" and is a way to communicate with the BMC (Baseboard Management Controller). It provides bidirectional communication with a low latency. Signed-off-by: Christian Krafft <krafft@de.ibm.com> Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd.bergmann@de.ibm.com> Acked-by: Heiko J Schick <schickhj@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
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diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
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@@ -620,6 +620,15 @@ config RTAS_FLASH
tristate "Firmware flash interface"
depends on PPC64 && RTAS_PROC
+config PPC_PMI
+ tristate "Support for PMI"
+ depends PPC_IBM_CELL_BLADE
+ help
+ PMI (Platform Management Interrupt) is a way to
+ communicate with the BMC (Baseboard Mangement Controller).
+ It is used in some IBM Cell blades.
+ default m
+
config MMIO_NVRAM
bool
default n