Hi Mirko, I agree with you and I included this interface check removal in my patch proposal titled "Patch proposal for sensors owned by satellite controllers".
Moreover, can anyone tell me in which case the interface name (intf->name) is set to "ipmb". Bernard. > -----Message d'origine----- > De : Mirko Klefker [mailto:m...@raritan.com] > Envoyé : 23 January 2009 18:37 > À : ipmitool-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > Objet : [Ipmitool-devel] Accessing IPMB slave device sensors > from otherchannels than IPMB > > Hello all, > > The current code for getting a sensor reading ignores the > sensor owner id from the SDR if the request was issued from > any other channel than IPMB. Would it be possible to remove > this restriction in the next release by applying the > attached patch file? > > The behaviour as it is now could be considered as a bug since > getting a sensor reading for a sensor with another owner id > then the BMC address would result in returning the wrong > sensor reading (if there is a sensor with the same id on the > BMC itself). > > If this interface check is removed ipmitool seems to > correctly bridge the "Get Sensor Reading" request to the IPMB > slave address defined in the owner id field of the SDR. > > Is there any reason for ignoring the owner id on e.g. LAN > channel requests? > > Thanks a lot and best regards > > Mirko > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ Ipmitool-devel mailing list Ipmitool-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ipmitool-devel
