When I set the priority to zero in both i2c-ipmi.c and i2c-ipbm.c, those modules compile, install, and load fine. But sensors-detect doesn't detect anything and manually loading adm1026 succeeds but shows no sensors. Can you point me towards more documentation on how to use the i2c-ipm* modules or suggest what I should try next? Thanks. > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Studebaker [mailto:mds4 at verizon.net] > Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 6:30 PM > To: Marc Rieffel > Cc: LM Sensors > Subject: Re: lm_sensors vs. IPMI > > > I can elaborate. > > Our modules bmcsensors and i2c-ipmi, together, connect the > lm-sensors userspace tools to IPMI, > so that you can do the usual things you can do with > lm-senssors (see temperatures, voltages, and fan speeds, > set limits, and see alarms). If this is what you need, > lm-sensors will do it. > > IPMI is a quite sophisticated interface, and it is capable of > much more than what > is available through the lm-sensors interface (for example, > event logging). > > I'm sure there are many other programs available to use IPMI. > Some of these certainly > will expose more of the richness of IPMI. > > The third module is i2c-ipmb. This was meant to export the > raw i2c busses behind the > BMC controller to the kernel. You could make the argument > that this isn't a good idea. > But in any case, the BMC I have doesn't support the messages > required for i2c-ipmb, > so I never got it working. > > To the extent that board makers are adding BMC controllers to > boards, and putting > the hardware monitors behind the BMC, this makes the direct > hardware monitor drivers > that make up the bulk of lm-sensors unnecessary. In that > case, you must use IPMI. > But you still need additional modules and/or userspace apps > that talk IPMI to get > the data out. That's where you are welcome to try our solution > (sensors->libsensors->bmcsensors->i2c-ipmi->IPMI->BMC->the chips) > or another program on top of IPMI. > > Hope this helps. > Give our package a try if you like. > > mds > > > > Jean Delvare wrote: > >>I've seen several postings claiming that lm_sensors is out > and IPMI is > >>in. Do they serve the same purpose? I played with IPMI a > few months > >>back and never got anything out of it. > > > > > > I admit my relative ignorance in that domain. Yes, I think > they serve > > the same purposes. I think we even have a non-working ipmi > driver that > > is supposed to establish a bridge between both realms. > Never gave it a > > try so far, however, since I don't have any hardware using > this. I guess > > it's meant for relatively high-end servers only. > > > >
