[Skiboot] [PATCH 5/5] ipmi: Disable nvram accesses when requested
Joel Stanley
joel at jms.id.au
Fri Jan 30 14:37:20 AEDT 2015
Hi Stewart,
On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 11:01 AM, Joel Stanley <joel at jms.id.au> wrote:
> BMC based systems contain a PNOR to provide nvram storage. The host
> normally has exclusive access to the PNOR, however the BMC may use IPMI
> to request access to perform functions such as update the firmware.
>
> Indicate to users of the opal_vmram_{read,write} functions that the
> device is busy.
Please don't apply this one yet. I will send a replacement once we've
sorted out the IPMI reply (the TODO in the patch).
Thanks,
Joel
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