Addressed Corey's comment: Instead of having reference_rq_sa, check the response bit in the ipmb_write function to provide additional protection against arbitrary commands. Asmaa Mnebhi (1): Add support for IPMB driver Documentation/IPMB.txt | 103 +++++++++++ drivers/char/ipmi/Kconfig | 8 + drivers/char/ipmi/Makefile | 1 + drivers/char/ipmi/ipmb_dev_int.c | 364 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 4 files changed, 476 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/IPMB.txt create mode 100644 drivers/char/ipmi/ipmb_dev_int.c -- 2.1.2