Re: ipmisensors module ported to 2.6.29

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On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Jean Delvare <khali@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> For IPMI, I don't know if "ipmitool sensor" can be run as non-root,
> this needs to be confirmed. I presume it depends on the permissions of
> the /dev/impi* nodes.

Yes, the user needs rw permission on the device node.

>> If you are willing to spend effort on this, I would be happy to help were I
>> can!
>
> The bottom line is that anyone who pushes IPMI sensors support forward
> has my blessing. Honestly, I don't care that much whether it is in the
> kernel or in libsensors, as long as it finally happens. It has been
> pending for sooooo long :(

+1 ;-)
I have the hardware (a few Dell servers) so at least I can do testing
(and hopefully some coding).

L

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