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@@ -50,25 +50,25 @@ Intel MEI Driver
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The driver exposes a misc device called /dev/mei.
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An application maintains communication with an Intel ME feature while
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-/dev/mei is open. The binding to a specific features is performed by calling
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+/dev/mei is open. The binding to a specific feature is performed by calling
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MEI_CONNECT_CLIENT_IOCTL, which passes the desired UUID.
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The number of instances of an Intel ME feature that can be opened
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at the same time depends on the Intel ME feature, but most of the
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features allow only a single instance.
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The Intel AMT Host Interface (Intel AMTHI) feature supports multiple
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-simultaneous user applications. Therefore, the Intel MEI driver handles
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-this internally by maintaining request queues for the applications.
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+simultaneous user connected applications. The Intel MEI driver
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+handles this internally by maintaining request queues for the applications.
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-The driver is oblivious to data that is passed between firmware feature
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+The driver is transparent to data that are passed between firmware feature
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and host application.
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Because some of the Intel ME features can change the system
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configuration, the driver by default allows only a privileged
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user to access it.
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-A code snippet for an application communicating with
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-Intel AMTHI client:
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+A code snippet for an application communicating with Intel AMTHI client:
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struct mei_connect_client_data data;
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fd = open(MEI_DEVICE);
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@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ The Intel AMT Watchdog is composed of two parts:
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2) Intel MEI driver - connects to the watchdog feature, configures the
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watchdog and sends the heartbeats.
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-The Intel MEI driver uses the kernel watchdog to configure the Intel AMT
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+The Intel MEI driver uses the kernel watchdog API to configure the Intel AMT
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Watchdog and to send heartbeats to it. The default timeout of the
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watchdog is 120 seconds.
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Tomas Winkler