[RFC PATCH 3/4] IPMI: Add the document description of ipmi_get_smi_info

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From: Zhao Yakui <yakui.zhao@xxxxxxxxx>

Add the document description about how to use ipmi_get_smi_info/
ipmi_put_smi_info.

Signed-off-by: Zhao Yakui <yakui.zhao@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/IPMI.txt |   35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/IPMI.txt b/Documentation/IPMI.txt
index 69dd29e..c905552 100644
--- a/Documentation/IPMI.txt
+++ b/Documentation/IPMI.txt
@@ -533,6 +533,41 @@ completion during sending a panic event.
 Other Pieces
 ------------
 
+Get the detailed info related with the IPMI device
+--------
+The IPMI smi_watcher will be used to catch the IPMI interface as they come or go.
+In order to communicate with the correct IPMI device, it should be confirmed
+ whether it is what we wanted especially on the system with multiple IPMI
+devices. But the new_smi callback function of smi_watcher provides very
+limited info(only the interface number and dev pointer) and there is no
+detailed info about the low level interface. For example: which mechansim
+registers the IPMI interface(ACPI, PCI, DMI and so on).
+    The function of ipmi_get_smi_info/ipmi_put_smi_info is added to get the
+detailed info of IPMI device. The following is the struct definition of
+ipmi_smi_info(Now only ACPI info is defined. If the info is required for
+other IPMI device type, please add it) .
+     struct ipmi_smi_info{
+        enum ipmi_addr_src addr_src;
+        struct device *dev;
+        union {
+                /*
+                 * Now only SI_ACPI info is provided. If the info is required
+                 * for other type, please add it
+                 */
+#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
+                struct {
+                        void *acpi_handle;
+                } acpi_info;
+#endif
+        } smi_info;
+};
+	It is noted that the dev pointer is included in the above structure
+definition. In order to assure that the device is correctly accessed, the
+increment/decrement of the reference count is considered. The reference count
+is increased in the function of ipmi_get_smi_info while it is decreased in
+the function of ipmi_put_smi_info. In such case the ipmi_put_smi_info must be
+called after the ipmi_get_smi_info is called successfully.
+
 Watchdog
 --------
 
-- 
1.5.4.5

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