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-rw-r--r--drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c21
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
index ad9ea06caee..b106c45abfc 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
@@ -217,6 +217,11 @@ struct smi_info
struct list_head link;
};
+#define SI_MAX_PARMS 4
+
+static int force_kipmid[SI_MAX_PARMS];
+static int num_force_kipmid;
+
static int try_smi_init(struct smi_info *smi);
static ATOMIC_NOTIFIER_HEAD(xaction_notifier_list);
@@ -908,6 +913,7 @@ static int smi_start_processing(void *send_info,
ipmi_smi_t intf)
{
struct smi_info *new_smi = send_info;
+ int enable = 0;
new_smi->intf = intf;
@@ -917,10 +923,18 @@ static int smi_start_processing(void *send_info,
mod_timer(&new_smi->si_timer, jiffies + SI_TIMEOUT_JIFFIES);
/*
+ * Check if the user forcefully enabled the daemon.
+ */
+ if (new_smi->intf_num < num_force_kipmid)
+ enable = force_kipmid[new_smi->intf_num];
+ /*
* The BT interface is efficient enough to not need a thread,
* and there is no need for a thread if we have interrupts.
*/
- if ((new_smi->si_type != SI_BT) && (!new_smi->irq)) {
+ else if ((new_smi->si_type != SI_BT) && (!new_smi->irq))
+ enable = 1;
+
+ if (enable) {
new_smi->thread = kthread_run(ipmi_thread, new_smi,
"kipmi%d", new_smi->intf_num);
if (IS_ERR(new_smi->thread)) {
@@ -948,7 +962,6 @@ static struct ipmi_smi_handlers handlers =
/* There can be 4 IO ports passed in (with or without IRQs), 4 addresses,
a default IO port, and 1 ACPI/SPMI address. That sets SI_MAX_DRIVERS */
-#define SI_MAX_PARMS 4
static LIST_HEAD(smi_infos);
static DEFINE_MUTEX(smi_infos_lock);
static int smi_num; /* Used to sequence the SMIs */
@@ -1021,6 +1034,10 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(slave_addrs, "Set the default IPMB slave address for"
" the controller. Normally this is 0x20, but can be"
" overridden by this parm. This is an array indexed"
" by interface number.");
+module_param_array(force_kipmid, int, &num_force_kipmid, 0);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(force_kipmid, "Force the kipmi daemon to be enabled (1) or"
+ " disabled(0). Normally the IPMI driver auto-detects"
+ " this, but the value may be overridden by this parm.");
#define IPMI_IO_ADDR_SPACE 0