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authorJulian Brost <linux-kernel@0x4a42.net>2015-01-12 00:58:06 +0100
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2015-01-29 12:55:03 -0700
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@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
Intel(R) Management Engine Interface (Intel(R) MEI)
-=======================
+===================================================
Introduction
-=======================
+============
The Intel Management Engine (Intel ME) is an isolated and protected computing
resource (Co-processor) residing inside certain Intel chipsets. The Intel ME
@@ -44,8 +44,9 @@ HTTP/S that are received from a remote management console application.
For more information about Intel AMT:
http://software.intel.com/sites/manageability/AMT_Implementation_and_Reference_Guide
+
Intel MEI Driver
-=======================
+================
The driver exposes a misc device called /dev/mei.
@@ -91,8 +92,10 @@ A code snippet for an application communicating with Intel AMTHI client:
[...]
close(fd);
-IOCTL:
-======
+
+IOCTL
+=====
+
The Intel MEI Driver supports the following IOCTL command:
IOCTL_MEI_CONNECT_CLIENT Connect to firmware Feature (client).
@@ -122,8 +125,9 @@ The Intel MEI Driver supports the following IOCTL command:
data that can be sent or received. (e.g. if MTU=2K, can send
requests up to bytes 2k and received responses up to 2k bytes).
-Intel ME Applications:
-==============
+
+Intel ME Applications
+=====================
1) Intel Local Management Service (Intel LMS)
@@ -172,8 +176,9 @@ Intel ME Applications:
http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/download-the-latest-intel-amt-open-source-drivers/
-Intel AMT OS Health Watchdog:
-=============================
+Intel AMT OS Health Watchdog
+============================
+
The Intel AMT Watchdog is an OS Health (Hang/Crash) watchdog.
Whenever the OS hangs or crashes, Intel AMT will send an event
to any subscriber to this event. This mechanism means that
@@ -192,8 +197,10 @@ watchdog is 120 seconds.
If the Intel AMT Watchdog feature does not exist (i.e. the connection failed),
the Intel MEI driver will disable the sending of heartbeats.
-Supported Chipsets:
+
+Supported Chipsets
==================
+
7 Series Chipset Family
6 Series Chipset Family
5 Series Chipset Family