Doc: driver-api: ipmi: Add description of alerts_broken module param
Add description about alerts_broken module parameter of ipmi_ssif driver
which skips enabling SMBus alert during setup.
Signed-off-by: Misono Tomohiro <misono.tomohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>
Message-Id: <20200624065405.17653-3-misono.tomohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/ipmi.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/ipmi.rst
index 5ef1047..dfe7bb5 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/ipmi.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/ipmi.rst
@@ -516,6 +516,7 @@
slave_addrs=<addr1>,<addr2>,...
tryacpi=[0|1] trydmi=[0|1]
[dbg_probe=1]
+ alerts_broken
The addresses are normal I2C addresses. The adapter is the string
name of the adapter, as shown in /sys/class/i2c-adapter/i2c-<n>/name.
@@ -537,6 +538,9 @@
usually 0x20 and the driver defaults to that, but in case it's not, it
can be specified when the driver starts up.
+alerts_broken does not enable SMBus alert for SSIF. Otherwise SMBus
+alert will be enabled on supported hardware.
+
Discovering the IPMI compliant BMC on the SMBus can cause devices on
the I2C bus to fail. The SMBus driver writes a "Get Device ID" IPMI
message as a block write to the I2C bus and waits for a response.
