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+/*
+ * ipmi_smi.h
+ *
+ * MontaVista IPMI system management interface
+ *
+ * Author: MontaVista Software, Inc.
+ *         Corey Minyard <minyard@mvista.com>
+ *         source@mvista.com
+ *
+ * Copyright 2002 MontaVista Software Inc.
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ *  under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+ *  Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
+ *  option) any later version.
+ *
+ *
+ *  THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
+ *  WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
+ *  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
+ *  INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING,
+ *  BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS
+ *  OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND
+ *  ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR
+ *  TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE
+ *  USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ *  with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ *  675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __LINUX_IPMI_SMI_H
+#define __LINUX_IPMI_SMI_H
+
+#include <linux/ipmi_msgdefs.h>
+#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+
+/* This files describes the interface for IPMI system management interface
+   drivers to bind into the IPMI message handler. */
+
+/* Structure for the low-level drivers. */
+typedef struct ipmi_smi *ipmi_smi_t;
+
+/*
+ * Messages to/from the lower layer.  The smi interface will take one
+ * of these to send. After the send has occurred and a response has
+ * been received, it will report this same data structure back up to
+ * the upper layer.  If an error occurs, it should fill in the
+ * response with an error code in the completion code location. When
+ * asynchronous data is received, one of these is allocated, the
+ * data_size is set to zero and the response holds the data from the
+ * get message or get event command that the interface initiated.
+ * Note that it is the interfaces responsibility to detect
+ * asynchronous data and messages and request them from the
+ * interface.
+ */
+struct ipmi_smi_msg
+{
+	struct list_head link;
+
+	long    msgid;
+	void    *user_data;
+
+	int           data_size;
+	unsigned char data[IPMI_MAX_MSG_LENGTH];
+
+	int           rsp_size;
+	unsigned char rsp[IPMI_MAX_MSG_LENGTH];
+
+	/* Will be called when the system is done with the message
+           (presumably to free it). */
+	void (*done)(struct ipmi_smi_msg *msg);
+};
+
+struct ipmi_smi_handlers
+{
+	struct module *owner;
+
+	/* Called to enqueue an SMI message to be sent.  This
+	   operation is not allowed to fail.  If an error occurs, it
+	   should report back the error in a received message.  It may
+	   do this in the current call context, since no write locks
+	   are held when this is run.  If the priority is > 0, the
+	   message will go into a high-priority queue and be sent
+	   first.  Otherwise, it goes into a normal-priority queue. */
+	void (*sender)(void                *send_info,
+		       struct ipmi_smi_msg *msg,
+		       int                 priority);
+
+	/* Called by the upper layer to request that we try to get
+	   events from the BMC we are attached to. */
+	void (*request_events)(void *send_info);
+
+	/* Called when the interface should go into "run to
+	   completion" mode.  If this call sets the value to true, the
+	   interface should make sure that all messages are flushed
+	   out and that none are pending, and any new requests are run
+	   to completion immediately. */
+	void (*set_run_to_completion)(void *send_info, int run_to_completion);
+
+	/* Called to poll for work to do.  This is so upper layers can
+	   poll for operations during things like crash dumps. */
+	void (*poll)(void *send_info);
+
+	/* Tell the handler that we are using it/not using it.  The
+	   message handler get the modules that this handler belongs
+	   to; this function lets the SMI claim any modules that it
+	   uses.  These may be NULL if this is not required. */
+	int (*inc_usecount)(void *send_info);
+	void (*dec_usecount)(void *send_info);
+};
+
+/* Add a low-level interface to the IPMI driver.  Note that if the
+   interface doesn't know its slave address, it should pass in zero. */
+int ipmi_register_smi(struct ipmi_smi_handlers *handlers,
+		      void                     *send_info,
+		      unsigned char            version_major,
+		      unsigned char            version_minor,
+		      unsigned char            slave_addr,
+		      ipmi_smi_t               *intf);
+
+/*
+ * Remove a low-level interface from the IPMI driver.  This will
+ * return an error if the interface is still in use by a user.
+ */
+int ipmi_unregister_smi(ipmi_smi_t intf);
+
+/*
+ * The lower layer reports received messages through this interface.
+ * The data_size should be zero if this is an asyncronous message.  If
+ * the lower layer gets an error sending a message, it should format
+ * an error response in the message response.
+ */
+void ipmi_smi_msg_received(ipmi_smi_t          intf,
+			   struct ipmi_smi_msg *msg);
+
+/* The lower layer received a watchdog pre-timeout on interface. */
+void ipmi_smi_watchdog_pretimeout(ipmi_smi_t intf);
+
+struct ipmi_smi_msg *ipmi_alloc_smi_msg(void);
+static inline void ipmi_free_smi_msg(struct ipmi_smi_msg *msg)
+{
+	msg->done(msg);
+}
+
+/* Allow the lower layer to add things to the proc filesystem
+   directory for this interface.  Note that the entry will
+   automatically be dstroyed when the interface is destroyed. */
+int ipmi_smi_add_proc_entry(ipmi_smi_t smi, char *name,
+			    read_proc_t *read_proc, write_proc_t *write_proc,
+			    void *data, struct module *owner);
+
+#endif /* __LINUX_IPMI_SMI_H */