[PATCH linux dev-4.10 0/6] Add support PECI and PECI hwmon drivers
Jae Hyun Yoo
jae.hyun.yoo at linux.intel.com
Wed Jan 10 11:30:05 PST 2018
On 1/10/2018 11:17 AM, Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 11:14:34AM -0800, Jae Hyun Yoo wrote:
>> On 1/10/2018 2:17 AM, Greg KH wrote:
>>> On Tue, Jan 09, 2018 at 02:31:20PM -0800, Jae Hyun Yoo wrote:
>>>> From: Jae Hyun Yoo <jae.hyun.yoo at intel.com>
>>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> This patch set provides support for PECI of AST2400/2500 which can give us PECI
>>>> functionalities such as temperature monitoring, platform manageability,
>>>> processor diagnostics and failure analysis. Also provides generic peci.h and
>>>> peci_ioctl.h headers to provide compatibility to peci drivers that can be
>>>> implemented later e.g. Nuvoton's BMC SoC family.
>>>
>>> What is the "dev-4.10" in the subject for? 4.10 is really old and
>>> obsolete :(
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>>
>>> greg k-h
>>>
>>
>> I made this patch set on top of the v4.10 which OpenBmc project is currently
>> using. I'll rebase this patch set onto the current kernel.org mainline.
>
> What is "OpenBmc", and why are they using an obsolete and insecure
> kernel for their project? That seems like a very foolish thing to do...
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
>
OpenBmc is an open source project to create a highly extensible
framework for BMC (Board Management Controller) software for data-center
computer systems:
https://github.com/openbmc
Its current mainline is v4.10 but it is being kept upgrading so it will
be upgraded to the latest stable or long-term version soon.
Thanks,
Jae
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