linux/drivers
Marcin Obara d52b3d9c72 Staging: add heci driver
The Intel Management Engine Interface (aka HECI: Host Embedded
Controller Interface ) enables communication between the host OS and
the Management Engine firmware. MEI is bi-directional, and either the
host or Intel AMT firmware can initiate transactions.

The core hardware architecture of Intel Active Management Technology
(Intel AMT) is resident in firmware. The micro-controller within the
chipset's graphics and memory controller (GMCH) hub houses the
Management Engine (ME) firmware, which implements various services
on behalf of management applications.

Some of the ME subsystems that can be access via MEI driver:

- Intel(R) Quiet System Technology (QST) is implemented as a firmware
subsystem  that  runs in the ME.  Programs that wish to expose the
health monitoring and fan speed control capabilities of Intel(R) QST
will need to use the MEI driver to communicate with the ME sub-system.
- ASF is the "Alert Standard Format" which is an DMTF manageability
standard. It is implemented in the PC's hardware and firmware, and is
managed from a remote console.

Most recent Intel desktop chipsets have one or more of the above ME
services. The MEI driver will make it possible to support the above
features on Linux and provides applications access to the ME and it's
features.

Signed-off-by: Anas Nashif <anas.nashif@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Marcin Obara <marcin.obara@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-04-03 14:54:24 -07:00
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accessibility
acpi Merge branch 'linux-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jbarnes/pci-2.6 2009-04-01 09:47:12 -07:00
amba
ata
atm
auxdisplay auxdisplay: remove PARPORT dependency 2009-04-01 08:59:17 -07:00
base Merge git://git.infradead.org/iommu-2.6 2009-04-03 10:36:57 -07:00
block Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/linux-hdreg-h-cleanup 2009-04-03 09:02:32 -07:00
bluetooth
cdrom
char Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2009-04-03 09:45:53 -07:00
clocksource
connector
cpufreq
cpuidle
crypto Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2009-04-03 09:45:53 -07:00
dca
dio
dma
edac edac: AMD8111 driver Kconfig & Makefile 2009-04-02 19:05:04 -07:00
eisa
firewire
firmware dmi: Let dmi_walk() users pass private data 2009-03-30 21:46:44 +02:00
gpio gpio: gpio_{request,free}() now required (feature removal) 2009-04-02 19:04:51 -07:00
gpu drm/radeon: load the right microcode on rs780 2009-04-03 10:31:23 +10:00
hid
hwmon lis3: SPI transport layer 2009-04-01 08:59:22 -07:00
i2c Merge branch 'hwmon-for-linus' of git://jdelvare.pck.nerim.net/jdelvare-2.6 2009-03-30 17:54:32 -07:00
ide ide-floppy: do not complete rq's prematurely 2009-03-31 20:15:34 +02:00
idle
ieee1394
infiniband
input workqueue: add to_delayed_work() helper function 2009-04-02 19:04:50 -07:00
isdn proc tty: remove struct tty_operations::read_proc 2009-04-01 08:59:10 -07:00
leds
lguest lguest: use bool instead of int 2009-03-30 21:55:25 +10:30
macintosh
mca
md Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/agk/linux-2.6-dm 2009-04-03 10:02:45 -07:00
media proc 2/2: remove struct proc_dir_entry::owner 2009-03-31 01:14:44 +04:00
memstick
message proc 2/2: remove struct proc_dir_entry::owner 2009-03-31 01:14:44 +04:00
mfd twl4030-regulator: expose VPLL2 2009-03-31 09:56:28 +01:00
misc xpc_sn2: fix max() warning about pointers of different types 2009-04-02 19:05:07 -07:00
mmc Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lrg/voltage-2.6 2009-04-03 10:39:20 -07:00
mtd [ARM] fix build-breaking 7a192ec commit 2009-04-02 23:23:43 +01:00
net Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2009-04-02 21:05:30 -07:00
nubus
of powerpc: add mmc-spi-slot bindings 2009-04-01 08:59:23 -07:00
oprofile oprofile: Thou shalt not call __exit functions from __init functions 2009-03-30 22:05:18 +10:30
parisc parisc: drivers: fix warnings 2009-04-02 00:40:41 +00:00
parport parport: netmos 9845 & 9855 1P4S fixes 2009-04-02 19:05:04 -07:00
pci Merge git://git.infradead.org/iommu-2.6 2009-04-03 10:36:57 -07:00
pcmcia [ARM] 5442/1: pxa/cm-x255: fix reverse RDY gpios in PCMCIA driver 2009-04-02 11:02:32 +01:00
platform Merge branch 'hwmon-for-linus' of git://jdelvare.pck.nerim.net/jdelvare-2.6 2009-03-30 17:54:32 -07:00
pnp pnpbios: propagate kthread_run() error 2009-04-02 19:04:52 -07:00
power
ps3
rapidio
regulator regulator: twl4030 VAUX3 supports 3.0V 2009-03-31 11:29:54 +01:00
rtc Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kyle/rtc-parisc 2009-04-03 09:51:35 -07:00
s390 workqueue: add to_delayed_work() helper function 2009-04-02 19:04:50 -07:00
sbus
scsi proc 2/2: remove struct proc_dir_entry::owner 2009-03-31 01:14:44 +04:00
serial Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gerg/m68knommu 2009-04-03 09:44:58 -07:00
sh maple: fix Error in kernel-doc notation 2009-03-29 08:12:39 -07:00
sn
spi spi-gpio: allow operation without CS signal 2009-04-02 19:04:51 -07:00
ssb
staging Staging: add heci driver 2009-04-03 14:54:24 -07:00
tc
telephony
thermal
uio
usb Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/linux-hdreg-h-cleanup 2009-04-03 09:02:32 -07:00
uwb
video fb: nvidiafb recognizes geforcego 7300 chip as mobile 2009-04-02 19:04:48 -07:00
virtio virtio: more neatening of virtio_ring macros. 2009-03-30 21:55:23 +10:30
w1 w1: coding style cleanups in w1_io.c 2009-04-02 19:05:04 -07:00
watchdog Merge branch 'hwmon-for-linus' of git://jdelvare.pck.nerim.net/jdelvare-2.6 2009-03-30 17:54:32 -07:00
xen PM: Rework handling of interrupts during suspend-resume 2009-03-30 21:46:54 +02:00
zorro
Kconfig
Makefile