On 06/26/2012 09:33 PM, dbashaw wrote:
> I have a question about using ipmi_watchdog, ipmitool, and another open
> source program ipmisensors together
> at the same time.
>
> ipmitool uses the /dev/ipmi0 char interface. So does (can)
> ipmi_watchdog. ipmisensors uses ipmi_settime(..) to send
> messages via KCS.
>
> Question: is there any type of file locking going on for /dev/ipmi0
> device when two programs attempt to use the
> /dev/ipmi0 interface?

The IPMI driver properly multiplexes all this, so it's not an issue.

-corey

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