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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/dev-raw-kcs b/Documentation/ABI/testing/dev-raw-kcs new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..06e7e2071562 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/dev-raw-kcs @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +What: /dev/raw-kcs* +Date: 2021-02-15 +KernelVersion: 5.13 +Contact: openbmc@lists.ozlabs.org +Contact: openipmi-developer@lists.sourceforge.net +Contact: Andrew Jeffery <andrew@aj.id.au> +Description: ``/dev/raw-kcs*`` exposes to userspace the data and + status registers of Keyboard-Controller-Style (KCS) IPMI + interfaces via read() and write() syscalls. Direct + exposure of the data and status registers enables + inefficient but arbitrary protocols to be implemented + over the device. A typical approach is to use KCS + devices for out-of-band signalling for bulk data + transfers over other interfaces between a Baseboard + Management Controller and its host. + + +--------+--------+---------+ + | Offset | read() | write() | + +--------+--------+---------+ + | 0 | IDR | ODR | + +--------+--------+---------+ + | 1 | STR | STR | + +--------+--------+---------+ + +Users: libmctp: https://github.com/openbmc/libmctp |