[PATCH] ipmi: kcs: aspeed: Update port address comments

Corey Minyard minyard at acm.org
Thu Sep 22 11:57:39 PDT 2022


On Tue, Sep 20, 2022 at 10:03:33AM +0800, Chia-Wei Wang wrote:
> Remove AST_usrGuide_KCS.pdf as it is no longer maintained.

Even if it's no longer maintained, is it useful?  It seems better to
leave in useful documentation unless it has been replaced with something
else.

-corey

> 
> Add more descriptions as the driver now supports the I/O
> address configurations for both the KCS Data and Cmd/Status
> interface registers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chia-Wei Wang <chiawei_wang at aspeedtech.com>
> ---
>  drivers/char/ipmi/kcs_bmc_aspeed.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++-----------
>  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/kcs_bmc_aspeed.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/kcs_bmc_aspeed.c
> index cdc88cde1e9a..19c32bf50e0e 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/ipmi/kcs_bmc_aspeed.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/kcs_bmc_aspeed.c
> @@ -207,17 +207,24 @@ static void aspeed_kcs_updateb(struct kcs_bmc_device *kcs_bmc, u32 reg, u8 mask,
>  }
>  
>  /*
> - * AST_usrGuide_KCS.pdf
> - * 2. Background:
> - *   we note D for Data, and C for Cmd/Status, default rules are
> - *     A. KCS1 / KCS2 ( D / C:X / X+4 )
> - *        D / C : CA0h / CA4h
> - *        D / C : CA8h / CACh
> - *     B. KCS3 ( D / C:XX2h / XX3h )
> - *        D / C : CA2h / CA3h
> - *        D / C : CB2h / CB3h
> - *     C. KCS4
> - *        D / C : CA4h / CA5h
> + * We note D for Data, and C for Cmd/Status, default rules are
> + *
> + * 1. Only the D address is given:
> + *   A. KCS1/KCS2 (D/C: X/X+4)
> + *      D/C: CA0h/CA4h
> + *      D/C: CA8h/CACh
> + *   B. KCS3 (D/C: XX2/XX3h)
> + *      D/C: CA2h/CA3h
> + *   C. KCS4 (D/C: X/X+1)
> + *      D/C: CA4h/CA5h
> + *
> + * 2. Both the D/C addresses are given:
> + *   A. KCS1/KCS2/KCS4 (D/C: X/Y)
> + *      D/C: CA0h/CA1h
> + *      D/C: CA8h/CA9h
> + *      D/C: CA4h/CA5h
> + *   B. KCS3 (D/C: XX2/XX3h)
> + *      D/C: CA2h/CA3h
>   */
>  static int aspeed_kcs_set_address(struct kcs_bmc_device *kcs_bmc, u32 addrs[2], int nr_addrs)
>  {
> -- 
> 2.25.1
> 



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