[Skiboot] [PATCH 1/2] FSP/EPOW: Depricate OPAL_GET_EPOW_STATUS API

Stewart Smith stewart at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Fri Apr 24 12:12:25 AEST 2015


Vipin K Parashar <vipin at linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:
> Depricating OPAL_GET_EPOW_STATUS API as this interface is not used
> for getting system EPOW events information. This API provides a complex
> interface for getting EPOW events information with lot of redundant
> details. Most of these details might not be populated or could be wrongly
> populated due to deails not being accurately available from hardware
> via EPOW notifications.
> 	Use OPAL_GET_EPOW_EVENT_INFO API to get EPOW event information.

I don't understand why you are removing this interface?

It seems like a good enough interface with room for future expansion,
and getting the full state back doesn't seem that bad API.



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