Masao Uebayashi
2016-02-02 06:09:17 UTC
These two patches implement ipmitool-compatible IOCTL in ipmi(4).
IPMI BMCs are usually accessed via ethernet ports. This provides BMC
access from within host for some situations where you can't use ethernet.
The idea is to provide generic command interface for userland via IOCTL,
while keeping minimal, critical parts (sensor reading and watchdog)
being implemented in kernel. For example, you have to use ipmitool to
configure sensor threashold values set in BMC.
I'm checking in this in a few days, if no one objects.
(Jonathan Gray kindly did thorough review and helped to polish this patch.)
IPMI BMCs are usually accessed via ethernet ports. This provides BMC
access from within host for some situations where you can't use ethernet.
The idea is to provide generic command interface for userland via IOCTL,
while keeping minimal, critical parts (sensor reading and watchdog)
being implemented in kernel. For example, you have to use ipmitool to
configure sensor threashold values set in BMC.
I'm checking in this in a few days, if no one objects.
(Jonathan Gray kindly did thorough review and helped to polish this patch.)