>> On Monday 26 October 2009 07:02:55 pm ykzhao wrote: >> 1. One is that we can't register the IPMI system interface if the >> boot option of "pnpacpi=off" is added. This will also depend on the PNP >> module.
> On Tuesday, October 27, 2009 11:39 AM Bjorn Helgaas wrote: >This is not a problem. It is perfectly acceptable for the IPMI driver >to depend on PNP and PNPACPI in order to claim an ACPI device. If the >users boots with "pnpacpi=off", we just won't find an IPMI device. >That is the way it works for TPM devices and serial devices described >by ACPI, and IPMI should work the same way. If pnpacpi=off, the ACPI method will not be used to detect any IPMI interfaces, but wouldn't ipmi_si then use one of the other methods to detect the interface, such as SMBIOS (dmi_find_bmc)? The platforms I've seen that support IPMI ACPI detection frequently support a copy of the interface info in SMBIOS as well. Andy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ Openipmi-developer mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openipmi-developer
