Jonathan Fournier wrote: > Hi, > > I have a question regarding the ipmi_poweroff module use on ATCA blades. > > What is supposed to be the behavior of an ATCA blade running Linux > with the ipmi_poweroff module loaded when the handles are pulled to > trigger an hotswap event? > > Is ipmi_poweroff is supposed to handle the hotswap event telling Linux > to do a graceful reboot? No, that information is supposed to come from a system-dependent mechanism. I've seen ACPI used on x86 system (it by far makes the most sense) and various events and messages on non-x86 systems.
> > I have that module loaded on several ATCA blade models and looking at > the consoles I don't see the Linux shutting down and then boom the > boards reboot without un-mounting things properly etc. > > I tried with acpid on and off. Didn't change anything... Any other > thing I am missing here? acpid should do it, assuming the right ACPI things are enabled in the kernel. But it really depends on the board. This is specified to be done, but the mechanism is not specified by ATCA. -corey ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Openipmi-developer mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openipmi-developer
