* Amit Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20.11.2007 12:04]: > > Hello Corey, > > Thanks much for your response. > Actually i am working on openSolaris and hence i was looking to > evaluate libipmi. > The link is - > http://src.opensolaris.org/source/xref/onnv/onnv-gate/usr/src/lib/libipmi/
Looks like it is a native OpenSolaris API based on ipmitool pieces: http://blogs.sun.com/eschrock/entry/solaris_platform_integration > > I read about freeIpmi. It appears it is being written for Linux. Am i > right? I am sorry for prroviding incomplete information in my first > email. FreeIPMI was also ported to at least FreeBSD. > > Thanks > Amit > > On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 Corey Minyard wrote : > >There are a couple of "libipmi" libraries out there, actually, but I do not > >believe ipmitool uses any of them. > > > >If you want a script-based interface to ipmi from a shell script, ipmitool > >is a good way to do this. There is also ipmiutil > >(http://ipmiutil.sourceforge.net/). OpenIPMI provides direct perl and > >python access, if you want that. > > > >If you want programmatic access from C, you have OpenIPMI > >(http://openipmi.sourceforge.net) and freeipmi > >(http://www.gnu.org/software/freeipmi) libraries. I'm the author of > >OpenIPMI, so that's my preference, but freeipmi is fine. The only thing to > >be careful of (as with all free software) is that you comply with the > >licenses, as freeipmi is licensed under the GPL. > > > >-corey > > > >Amit Kumar wrote: > >> > >> hello All, > >> > >>I am a newbie on ipmitool. During my study on ipmitool, i came across > >>libipmi which provides interface to bmc. My understanding is that i can use > >>libipmi interfaces to received sdr information (Like fan speed etc). If i > >>am wrong, please correct me. When i was going through the code of ipmitool, > >>i couldn't see that ipmitool uses libipmi. I am curious to know if there is > >>any initiative going on in this direction. Please correct me if i am wrong > >>in any of the point listed above. > >> > >>Thanks & best Regards > >>Amit > >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Ipmitool-devel mailing list > Ipmitool-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ipmitool-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Ipmitool-devel mailing list Ipmitool-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ipmitool-devel
