Galchin Vasili wrote:

> Thanks, Corey. So is serial in the works? Is there an OpenIPMI
> newsgroup so I don't have to pester you?

Newsgroup is copied, although you will still be pestering me, too :)

Serial is sort of in the works.  One person did a direct serial
interface for the OpenIPMI library, but it's not in yet.  There's no
support for dialin type stuff.

There seems to be quit a few boards that are using a serial port as the
system interface (instead of KCS, BT, etc).  Perhaps that's what you
mean.  IMHO, this is a *very* bad idea.  It is not standard, causes a
lot of confusion when trying to configure devices (What's this serial
port for?), is difficult to implement (the serial drivers aren't really
designed to have other drivers sitting on top of them), and cannot be
auto-detected.  That last one is the biggest one.  Auto-detection is
what makes everyone's life easy.  If you have one of these, complain
bitterly to your vendor and ask why they don't follow industry standards.

With that said, a driver is in the works, but it has not been easy.

-Corey

>  
> Regards, Vasili
>
>  
> On 12/2/05, *Corey Minyard* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
> wrote:
>
>     Well, you don't really use oem_atca.c by itself.  You use the standard
>     upper-level interfaces of OpenIPMI and oem_atca maps into those
>     services
>     (for the things that aren't standard IPMI and the OpenIPMI library
>     handles intrisically).
>
>     There are plenty of sample programs in the samples directory to help
>     show you how, and documentation in the "docs" directory.  There's the
>     command-line tool in the cmdlang directory.
>
>     -Corey
>
>     Galchin Vasili wrote:
>
>     > Hi Corey,
>     >
>     >     I am reading oem_atca.c I have some questions:
>     >
>     > 1) Is there any written internals documentation for oem_atca.c?
>     >
>     > 2) Are there any sample programs demonstrating how to use?
>     >
>     > Thanks and regards, Vasili Galchin
>
>
>



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