From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 31 00:26:39 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFEC2106564A for ; Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:26:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mj@feral.com) Received: from ns1.feral.com (ns1.feral.com [192.67.166.1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA0928FC1B for ; Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:26:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [172.16.135.103] (lportal.in1.lcl [172.16.1.9]) by ns1.feral.com (8.14.4/8.14.3) with ESMTP id p2V0Qc0j096633 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 16:26:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mj@feral.com) Message-ID: <4D93CA3B.6010502@feral.com> Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:26:35 -0700 From: Matthew Jacob Organization: Feral Software User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.15) Gecko/20110303 Thunderbird/3.1.9 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org References: <1301529264.2547.18.camel@hitfishpass-lx.corp.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <1301529264.2547.18.camel@hitfishpass-lx.corp.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.6 (ns1.feral.com [192.168.221.1]); Wed, 30 Mar 2011 16:26:38 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: (free)(open)IPMI tools in base X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:26:40 -0000 I don't think that this is a good idea for a number of reasons. IPMI is not nearly as prevalent as one might think it is, it is not a true standard (Intel only), and there are a variety of good toolsets that are very easy to install. Finally, users of IPMI are sophisticated enough to install it when they need it and want it. I can't think of a case where a novice end user needs it and isn't delivered a box preconfigured. On 3/30/2011 4:54 PM, Sean Bruno wrote: > I'm not particular at the moment, but with the proliferation of IPMI in > the server environment, is there any consideration to putting one of the > appropriately licensed tools into the base? > > Sean > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"