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Kernel driver `i2c-ipmi.o'
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Status: Alpha
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Supported adapters:
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* IPMI BMC
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Author: Mark D. Studebaker <mdsxyz123@yahoo.com>
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Module Parameters
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(none)
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Description
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-----------
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This is a "dummy" adapter which provides access to the
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BMC (Baseboard Management Controller) via IPMI (Intelligent Platform
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Management Interface). It is used by the bmcsensors module.
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Together with the bmcsensors module, this provides high-level
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access to sensors known by the BMC. For low-level access to
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IPMB (I2C/SMBus) busses behind the BMC, use the i2c-ipmb module.
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This module REQUIRES the IPMI kernel patch by Corey Minyard,
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v13 or higher, available at http://openipmi.sourceforge.net .
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Other IPMI drivers are not supported.
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See http://www.intel.com/design/servers/ipmi/ for
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IPMI standards information.
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You must configure the following features in your kernel
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(under Character Devices):
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IPMI top-level message handler
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IPMI KCS handler
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The IPMI device interface and IPMI watchdog handler are not required.
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If the KCS handler (ipmi_kcs_drv) is configured as a module,
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you must modprobe it separately, it will not load automatically
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when you modprobe i2c-ipmi or ipmi_msghandler (unless you set up
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/etc/modules.conf to load ipmi_kcs_drv when ipmi_msghandler is loaded).
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Issues
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Only one BMC is supported - shouldn't be a problem.
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Only one client is supported - to be fixed.
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Libsensors was hacked to support this dummy driver; only
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the ISA dummy driver was supported previously.
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The library needs further enhancements for full
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dummy driver support.
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Alpha!
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**********************
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The lm_sensors project gratefully acknowledges the support of
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Hewlett Packard (Ft. Collins) in the development of this driver.
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