[PATCH v3 1/9] powerpc/pseries: Define papr-hvpipe ioctl

Tyrel Datwyler tyreld at linux.ibm.com
Sat Aug 30 05:42:49 AEST 2025


On 8/28/25 4:08 PM, Haren Myneni wrote:
> PowerPC FW introduced HVPIPE RTAS calls such as
> ibm,send-hvpipe-msg and ibm,receive-hvpipe-msg for the user space
> to exchange information with different sources such as Hardware
> Management Consoles (HMC).
> 
> HVPIPE_IOC_CREATE_HANDLE is defined to use /dev/papr-hvpipe
> interface for ibm,send-hvpipe-msg and ibm,receive-hvpipe-msg
> RTAS calls.
> 
> Also defined papr_hvpipe_hdr which will added in the payload
> that is passed between the kernel and the user space.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Haren Myneni <haren at linux.ibm.com>
> Reviewed-by: Mahesh Salgaonkar <mahesh at linux.ibm.com>
> Tested-by: Shashank MS <shashank.gowda at in.ibm.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Tyrel Datwyler <tyreld at linux.ibm.com>


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