Hi Darrick, On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:28:51 -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote: > On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 01:19:42PM +0200, Jean Delvare wrote: > > I see that the driver relies on IPMI. Can't it be merged with the > > out-of-tree impisensors driver then? This would give that driver some > > momentum so that it can finally be merged, and I would like to avoid > > having two drivers if one is enough. Note though that I don't know > > anything about IPMI so I might as well be totally wrong ;) > > The IBM PEx meters are accessible via custom IPMI commands, not the > standard IPMI sensor interface. I considered modifying the ipmisensors > driver, but reached the opinion that it would clutter that driver > unnecessarily, particularly since there are a lot of systems with IPMI > BMCs, but most of them will not have this interface. OK, fine with me then. > That said, what is standing in the way of ipmisensors being merged? I > think I can shake out some free time to apply TLC. I don't know exactly, check out the website for details: http://bmcsensors-26.sourceforge.net/ It needs at least review and testing, but maybe there are a few more steps before merging can be considered. Adding Yani (the author) to Cc, please work with him if you're interested. -- Jean Delvare
