> Yes. In the IPMI 1.5 spec there is no definition of IPMI > detection about SPMI. It was added: <http://www.intel.com/design/servers/ipmi/IPMI1511E5.pdf> defines IPMI detection via ACPI, SPMI etc. >Bela< > -----Original Message----- > From: ykzhao [mailto:yakui.zhao@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 3:02 AM > To: Rocky Craig > Cc: minyard@xxxxxxx; linux-acpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Myron Stowe; > openipmi-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Bjorn Helgaas; > lenb@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [Openipmi-developer] IPMI device discovery [was > Re: [PATCH ] IPMI: Locate the IPMI system interface in ACPI namespace] > > On Thu, 2009-11-19 at 05:53 +0800, Rocky Craig wrote: > > Bjorn Helgaas emitted: > > > > > I disagree that this requirement was lost.... > > > > Sorry, my words did not convey my intended meaning, which was that > > "conformance" or "coherence" was lost, with SPMI also being listed > > in ACPI general namespace. > > > > You actually stated this with greater clarity: > > > > > There may be firmware that has an SPMI but neglects to > put the device > > > in the namespace. > > > > > That may be the case on some legacy servers. > Yes. In the IPMI 1.5 spec there is no definition of IPMI > detection about > SPMI. > The SPMI is added in IPMI 2.0 spec, which is used to detect the IPMI > system interface. Maybe this mechanism is already used on some legacy > servers. > > Maybe there exist both SPMI and IPMI system interface defined in ACPI > namespace. But they are the different BMC controllers. > In such case we had better not remove the detection of IPMI > detection by > using SPMI. > We can check whether they are the identical device in course of > registering IPMI system interface. > > Thanks. > > > > > > Rocky > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal > Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and > deployment - and focus on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > Openipmi-developer mailing list > Openipmi-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openipmi-developer > ��.n��������+%������w��{.n�����{�����ܨ}���Ơz�j:+v�����w����ޙ��&�)ߡ�a����z�ޗ���ݢj��w�f
