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ipmi_on_linux [2012/02/13 15:13]
adam |
ipmi_on_linux [2012/02/13 15:13]
adam |
| Kernel 2.4 people will have to follow the Debian IPMI instructions, as you're living in a world I haven't encountered with IPMI. You should note that ipmi_si is called ipmi_si_drv and its regspacings option is called si_regspacings. You may also have to make your own device node if you're not using devfs, as documented in the Debian instructions. After modprobing the relevent modules successfully, ''ls -l /dev/ipmi0'' to see if you have a device node before trying to create one. | Kernel 2.4 people will have to follow the Debian IPMI instructions, as you're living in a world I haven't encountered with IPMI. You should note that ipmi_si is called ipmi_si_drv and its regspacings option is called si_regspacings. You may also have to make your own device node if you're not using devfs, as documented in the Debian instructions. After modprobing the relevent modules successfully, ''ls -l /dev/ipmi0'' to see if you have a device node before trying to create one. |
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| If this works without errors then Fedora/RH/Centos people are set, Ubuntu/Debian people need to add the modules and options to /etc/modules.conf or maybe add the modprobe commands to /etc/init.d/local if you have no other way. | If this works without errors then Fedora/RH/Centos people are set, Ubuntu/Debian people need to add the modules and options to /etc/modules or maybe add the modprobe commands to /etc/init.d/local if you have no other way. |
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| If you then ''cat /proc/devices'', you should see your IPMI device listed and ''ls -l /dev/ipmi0'' should show your device node. | If you then ''cat /proc/devices'', you should see your IPMI device listed and ''ls -l /dev/ipmi0'' should show your device node. |
