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From: Christian Krafft <krafft@de.ibm.com>
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Subject: [patch 0/1] pmi: initial version
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This patch adds a driver for the=20
"Platform Management Interrupt" interface.
PMI is basically yet another way to communicate with the BMC.
It provides small latency and thus can be used=20
to request frequency changes from the BMC.
PMI allows bidirectional communication.=20
The cpufreq driver can be notified about a new limit for=20
frequency changes for instance.
PMI can be found on future IBM products.

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Mit freundlichen Gr=FCssen,
kind regards,

Christian Krafft
IBM Systems & Technology Group,=20
Linux Kernel Development
IT Specialist