As I said in my previous mail, i2c-ipmb is broken. You can either remove it from Module.mk or just use 'make -k' to keep going. See doc/chips and doc/busses for documentation on the modules. Marc Rieffel wrote: > 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. >>> >> > >
