{
struct module *owner;
+ /* The low-level interface cannot start sending messages to
+ the upper layer until this function is called. This may
+ not be NULL, the lower layer must take the interface from
+ this call. */
+ int (*start_processing)(void *send_info,
+ ipmi_smi_t new_intf);
+
/* 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
}
/* 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. */
+ interface doesn't know its slave address, it should pass in zero.
+ The low-level interface should not deliver any messages to the
+ upper layer until the start_processing() function in the handlers
+ is called, and the lower layer must get the interface from that
+ call. */
int ipmi_register_smi(struct ipmi_smi_handlers *handlers,
void *send_info,
struct ipmi_device_id *device_id,
struct device *dev,
- unsigned char slave_addr,
- ipmi_smi_t *intf);
+ unsigned char slave_addr);
/*
* Remove a low-level interface from the IPMI driver. This will