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| author | Vernon Mauery <vernux@us.ibm.com> | 2010-10-06 02:47:18 +0400 |
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| committer | Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com> | 2010-10-21 18:10:46 +0400 |
| commit | 35f0ce032b0f2d6974da516b5a113f49b7b70b09 (patch) | |
| tree | c988974a4e0cb06e0bff53f29e6541d21631e16a /drivers/platform/x86/Makefile | |
| parent | 260586d2b444909380137de6c6423e5b44edf4db (diff) | |
| download | linux-35f0ce032b0f2d6974da516b5a113f49b7b70b09.tar.xz | |
IBM Real-Time "SMI Free" mode driver -v7
After a period of RFC for this driver, I think it is ready
for inclusion in the platform-driver-x86 tree, hopefully to
be staged in the next merge window into Linus's tree.
--Vernon
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IBM Real-Time "SMI Free" mode driver
This driver supports the Real-Time Linux (RTL) BIOS feature.
The RTL feature allows non-fatal System Management Interrupts
(SMIs) to be disabled on supported IBM platforms and is
intended to be coupled with a user-space daemon to monitor
the hardware in a way that can be prioritized and scheduled
to better suit the requirements for the system.
The Device is presented as a special "_RTL_" table to the OS
in the Extended BIOS Data Area. There is a simple protocol
for entering and exiting the mode at runtime. This driver
creates a simple sysfs interface to allow a simple entry and
exit from RTL mode in the UFI/BIOS.
Since the driver is specific to IBM SystemX hardware (x86-
based servers) it only builds on x86 builds. To reduce the
risk of loading on the wrong hardware, the module uses DMI
information and checks a list of servers that are known to
work.
Signed-off-by: Vernon Mauery <vernux@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/platform/x86/Makefile')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/platform/x86/Makefile | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/Makefile b/drivers/platform/x86/Makefile index c15e96336e65..9950ccc940b5 100644 --- a/drivers/platform/x86/Makefile +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/Makefile @@ -32,4 +32,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_RAR_REGISTER) += intel_rar_register.o obj-$(CONFIG_INTEL_IPS) += intel_ips.o obj-$(CONFIG_GPIO_INTEL_PMIC) += intel_pmic_gpio.o obj-$(CONFIG_XO1_RFKILL) += xo1-rfkill.o - +obj-$(CONFIG_IBM_RTL) += ibm_rtl.o |