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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/ipmi_smi.h | 16 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/ipmi_smi.h b/include/linux/ipmi_smi.h index 53571288a9fc..6d9c7e4da472 100644 --- a/include/linux/ipmi_smi.h +++ b/include/linux/ipmi_smi.h @@ -82,6 +82,13 @@ struct ipmi_smi_handlers { struct module *owner; + /* The low-level interface cannot start sending messages to + the upper layer until this function is called. This may + not be NULL, the lower layer must take the interface from + this call. */ + int (*start_processing)(void *send_info, + ipmi_smi_t new_intf); + /* Called to enqueue an SMI message to be sent. This operation is not allowed to fail. If an error occurs, it should report back the error in a received message. It may @@ -157,13 +164,16 @@ static inline void ipmi_demangle_device_id(unsigned char *data, } /* Add a low-level interface to the IPMI driver. Note that if the - interface doesn't know its slave address, it should pass in zero. */ + interface doesn't know its slave address, it should pass in zero. + The low-level interface should not deliver any messages to the + upper layer until the start_processing() function in the handlers + is called, and the lower layer must get the interface from that + call. */ int ipmi_register_smi(struct ipmi_smi_handlers *handlers, void *send_info, struct ipmi_device_id *device_id, struct device *dev, - unsigned char slave_addr, - ipmi_smi_t *intf); + unsigned char slave_addr); /* * Remove a low-level interface from the IPMI driver. This will |