On 13/10/2004, Jonathan wrote: >I talked with Intel and this is what they said when I asked how to >access the temperatur sensors from my OS: > >------------------------------------- >There is one thing only you can try to get access to the temperature >readings: You can try using the IPMI source code package for Linux* to >get access via a software program to the IPMI bus to access temperature >readings. You will find a download here: >http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/ism/ Please scroll >down a little and you will see a link to IPMI source code package for >Linux* This driver is listed as a courtesy for customers wanting to >validate their own solution. >------------------------------------- > >Is this source code usefull for you? The LM Sensors project already has some support for IPMI if I remember correctly (maybe only for Linux 2.4 though). Strange that sensors-detect didn't find the device. At any rate, I don't know anything about IPMI above its existence, nor do I have the time to learn so I will not be able to help you any further in that direction. Maybe Mark D. Studebaker will be able to follow up, maybe not. Just a side note: I remember you said that Intel had software for Red Hat and it wouldn't work for you because you run Gentoo. Know that with some work you can convert a Red Hat RPM to a different type of package, such a simple tar.gz file. Search for tools named cpio and alien. If your Gentoo systems does have the libs the program needs, it may work. Never done it myself so I can't tell much more, just that you might have given up that possibility a little too early. Note that the trick will only work for user-space tools. Kernel modules for Red Hat kernel won't work on any other systems that the exact one they were meant for. Good luck. Jean Delvare
