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Date:      Wed, 26 Jul 2006 14:52:53 -0400
From:      Mike Jakubik <mikej@rogers.com>
To:        David Duchscher <daved@tamu.edu>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org, Bruno Ducrot <ducrot@poupinou.org>
Subject:   Re: Monitoring temperature with acpi (sysctls)
Message-ID:  <44C7BA05.7020508@rogers.com>
In-Reply-To: <016E6A0B-E3E4-4444-BD27-24E75C784788@tamu.edu>
References:  <44C63DFD.5040401@rogers.com> <20060726160952.GW17014@poupinou.org> <016E6A0B-E3E4-4444-BD27-24E75C784788@tamu.edu>

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David Duchscher wrote:
>
> On Jul 26, 2006, at 11:09 AM, Bruno Ducrot wrote:
>> Does this one support IPMI?
>
> Yes, the Supermicro PDSMi supports the IPMI 2.0 module and I can
> confirm that it works with the IPMI ported driver from current on
> 6.1.  The module is optional so you will have to purchase one for
> the system, around 0. You will also need the latest BIOS loaded on
> the motherboard for it to work.
>
> http://www.supermicro.com/products/accessories/addon/AOC-IPMI20-E.cfm

I don't want to spend $50 extra per system, just so i can read the 
temperature, and not even use any of the IPMI functions. I need a simple 
and scriptable way to get the values, acpi sysctls are ideal for this.





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