This may apply to other NICs with an IPMI BMC instead of AMT, but here's my configuration: Baseboard: Intel S5000PAL Onboard NICs (2): 80003ES2LAN And this has an IPMI BMC on the baseboard with sideband connections to the onboard NICs.
# ethtool -I eth0 driver: e1000e version: 1.0.2.5-NAPI firmware-version: 1.0-0 bus-info: 0000:07:00.0 For the e1000e driver, the 80003ES2LAN uses the e1000_check_mng_mode_generic() routine in manage.c. It seems to always return 0x18006 from the firmware semaphore register, regardless of whether or not the firmware has any IPMI LAN channels enabled or not. This routine is the same in the latest stable e1000e-1.4.4.tar.gz. The code indicates that it is checking for E1000_MNG_IAMT_MODE (3 << 1), and the 0x06 part is always set. Does this mean that the firmware semaphore register bits that are checked apply to Intel AMT, but not to IPMI? Should there be a different routine for IPMI (non-AMT) management systems? Andy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ uberSVN's rich system and user administration capabilities and model configuration take the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and the tools developers use with it. Learn more about uberSVN and get a free download at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-dev2dev _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel To learn more about Intel® Ethernet, visit http://communities.intel.com/community/wired
