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authorDavid Altobelli <david.altobelli@hp.com>2008-07-02 09:38:53 -0600
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>2008-07-21 21:55:02 -0700
commit89bcb05d9bbf8bd559988bca4f2579defd28d008 (patch)
tree9bf9ce125be55fbf169628b163dbd1367a840ddf /drivers/misc/Kconfig
parentd95d62c018209355c0dc998682ff792432aa870c (diff)
HP iLO driver
A driver for the HP iLO/iLO2 management processor, which allows userspace programs to query the management processor. Programs can open a channel to the device (/dev/hpilo/dXccbN), and use this to send/receive queries. The O_EXCL open flag is used to indicate that a particular channel cannot be shared between processes. This driver will replace various packages HP has shipped, including hprsm and hp-ilo. Signed-off-by: David Altobelli <david.altobelli@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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diff --git a/drivers/misc/Kconfig b/drivers/misc/Kconfig
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--- a/drivers/misc/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/misc/Kconfig
@@ -420,4 +420,17 @@ config SGI_XP
this feature will allow for direct communication between SSIs
based on a network adapter and DMA messaging.
+config HP_ILO
+ tristate "Channel interface driver for HP iLO/iLO2 processor"
+ default n
+ help
+ The channel interface driver allows applications to communicate
+ with iLO/iLO2 management processors present on HP ProLiant
+ servers. Upon loading, the driver creates /dev/hpilo/dXccbN files,
+ which can be used to gather data from the management processor,
+ via read and write system calls.
+
+ To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
+ module will be called hpilo.
+
endif # MISC_DEVICES