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2 The Linux IPMI Driver
3 ---------------------
4 Corey Minyard
5 <minyard@mvista.com>
6 <minyard@acm.org>
7
8The Intelligent Platform Management Interface, or IPMI, is a
9standard for controlling intelligent devices that monitor a system.
10It provides for dynamic discovery of sensors in the system and the
11ability to monitor the sensors and be informed when the sensor's
12values change or go outside certain boundaries. It also has a
dc474c89 13standardized database for field-replaceable units (FRUs) and a watchdog
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14timer.
15
16To use this, you need an interface to an IPMI controller in your
17system (called a Baseboard Management Controller, or BMC) and
18management software that can use the IPMI system.
19
20This document describes how to use the IPMI driver for Linux. If you
21are not familiar with IPMI itself, see the web site at
22http://www.intel.com/design/servers/ipmi/index.htm. IPMI is a big
23subject and I can't cover it all here!
24
25Configuration
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27
845e78a1 28The Linux IPMI driver is modular, which means you have to pick several
1da177e4 29things to have it work right depending on your hardware. Most of
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30these are available in the 'Character Devices' menu then the IPMI
31menu.
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33No matter what, you must pick 'IPMI top-level message handler' to use
34IPMI. What you do beyond that depends on your needs and hardware.
35
36The message handler does not provide any user-level interfaces.
37Kernel code (like the watchdog) can still use it. If you need access
38from userland, you need to select 'Device interface for IPMI' if you
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39want access through a device driver.
40
41The driver interface depends on your hardware. If your system
42properly provides the SMBIOS info for IPMI, the driver will detect it
43and just work. If you have a board with a standard interface (These
44will generally be either "KCS", "SMIC", or "BT", consult your hardware
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45manual), choose the 'IPMI SI handler' option. A driver also exists
46for direct I2C access to the IPMI management controller. Some boards
47support this, but it is unknown if it will work on every board. For
48this, choose 'IPMI SMBus handler', but be ready to try to do some
49figuring to see if it will work on your system if the SMBIOS/APCI
50information is wrong or not present. It is fairly safe to have both
51these enabled and let the drivers auto-detect what is present.
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53You should generally enable ACPI on your system, as systems with IPMI
845e78a1 54can have ACPI tables describing them.
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55
56If you have a standard interface and the board manufacturer has done
57their job correctly, the IPMI controller should be automatically
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58detected (via ACPI or SMBIOS tables) and should just work. Sadly,
59many boards do not have this information. The driver attempts
60standard defaults, but they may not work. If you fall into this
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61situation, you need to read the section below named 'The SI Driver' or
62"The SMBus Driver" on how to hand-configure your system.
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63
64IPMI defines a standard watchdog timer. You can enable this with the
65'IPMI Watchdog Timer' config option. If you compile the driver into
66the kernel, then via a kernel command-line option you can have the
dc474c89 67watchdog timer start as soon as it initializes. It also have a lot
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68of other options, see the 'Watchdog' section below for more details.
69Note that you can also have the watchdog continue to run if it is
70closed (by default it is disabled on close). Go into the 'Watchdog
71Cards' menu, enable 'Watchdog Timer Support', and enable the option
72'Disable watchdog shutdown on close'.
73
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74IPMI systems can often be powered off using IPMI commands. Select
75'IPMI Poweroff' to do this. The driver will auto-detect if the system
76can be powered off by IPMI. It is safe to enable this even if your
77system doesn't support this option. This works on ATCA systems, the
78Radisys CPI1 card, and any IPMI system that supports standard chassis
79management commands.
80
81If you want the driver to put an event into the event log on a panic,
82enable the 'Generate a panic event to all BMCs on a panic' option. If
83you want the whole panic string put into the event log using OEM
84events, enable the 'Generate OEM events containing the panic string'
85option.
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86
87Basic Design
88------------
89
90The Linux IPMI driver is designed to be very modular and flexible, you
91only need to take the pieces you need and you can use it in many
92different ways. Because of that, it's broken into many chunks of
845e78a1 93code. These chunks (by module name) are:
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95ipmi_msghandler - This is the central piece of software for the IPMI
96system. It handles all messages, message timing, and responses. The
97IPMI users tie into this, and the IPMI physical interfaces (called
98System Management Interfaces, or SMIs) also tie in here. This
99provides the kernelland interface for IPMI, but does not provide an
100interface for use by application processes.
101
102ipmi_devintf - This provides a userland IOCTL interface for the IPMI
103driver, each open file for this device ties in to the message handler
104as an IPMI user.
105
845e78a1 106ipmi_si - A driver for various system interfaces. This supports KCS,
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107SMIC, and BT interfaces. Unless you have an SMBus interface or your
108own custom interface, you probably need to use this.
109
110ipmi_ssif - A driver for accessing BMCs on the SMBus. It uses the
111I2C kernel driver's SMBus interfaces to send and receive IPMI messages
112over the SMBus.
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114ipmi_powernv - A driver for access BMCs on POWERNV systems.
115
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116ipmi_watchdog - IPMI requires systems to have a very capable watchdog
117timer. This driver implements the standard Linux watchdog timer
118interface on top of the IPMI message handler.
119
120ipmi_poweroff - Some systems support the ability to be turned off via
121IPMI commands.
122
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123bt-bmc - This is not part of the main driver, but instead a driver for
124accessing a BMC-side interface of a BT interface. It is used on BMCs
125running Linux to provide an interface to the host.
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c11daf6a 127These are all individually selectable via configuration options.
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129Much documentation for the interface is in the include files. The
130IPMI include files are:
131
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132linux/ipmi.h - Contains the user interface and IOCTL interface for IPMI.
133
134linux/ipmi_smi.h - Contains the interface for system management interfaces
135(things that interface to IPMI controllers) to use.
136
137linux/ipmi_msgdefs.h - General definitions for base IPMI messaging.
138
139
140Addressing
141----------
142
143The IPMI addressing works much like IP addresses, you have an overlay
144to handle the different address types. The overlay is:
145
146 struct ipmi_addr
147 {
148 int addr_type;
149 short channel;
150 char data[IPMI_MAX_ADDR_SIZE];
151 };
152
153The addr_type determines what the address really is. The driver
154currently understands two different types of addresses.
155
156"System Interface" addresses are defined as:
157
158 struct ipmi_system_interface_addr
159 {
160 int addr_type;
161 short channel;
162 };
163
164and the type is IPMI_SYSTEM_INTERFACE_ADDR_TYPE. This is used for talking
165straight to the BMC on the current card. The channel must be
166IPMI_BMC_CHANNEL.
167
168Messages that are destined to go out on the IPMB bus use the
169IPMI_IPMB_ADDR_TYPE address type. The format is
170
171 struct ipmi_ipmb_addr
172 {
173 int addr_type;
174 short channel;
175 unsigned char slave_addr;
176 unsigned char lun;
177 };
178
179The "channel" here is generally zero, but some devices support more
180than one channel, it corresponds to the channel as defined in the IPMI
181spec.
182
183
184Messages
185--------
186
187Messages are defined as:
188
189struct ipmi_msg
190{
191 unsigned char netfn;
192 unsigned char lun;
193 unsigned char cmd;
194 unsigned char *data;
195 int data_len;
196};
197
198The driver takes care of adding/stripping the header information. The
199data portion is just the data to be send (do NOT put addressing info
200here) or the response. Note that the completion code of a response is
201the first item in "data", it is not stripped out because that is how
202all the messages are defined in the spec (and thus makes counting the
203offsets a little easier :-).
204
205When using the IOCTL interface from userland, you must provide a block
206of data for "data", fill it, and set data_len to the length of the
207block of data, even when receiving messages. Otherwise the driver
208will have no place to put the message.
209
210Messages coming up from the message handler in kernelland will come in
211as:
212
213 struct ipmi_recv_msg
214 {
215 struct list_head link;
216
217 /* The type of message as defined in the "Receive Types"
218 defines above. */
219 int recv_type;
220
221 ipmi_user_t *user;
222 struct ipmi_addr addr;
223 long msgid;
224 struct ipmi_msg msg;
225
226 /* Call this when done with the message. It will presumably free
227 the message and do any other necessary cleanup. */
228 void (*done)(struct ipmi_recv_msg *msg);
229
230 /* Place-holder for the data, don't make any assumptions about
231 the size or existence of this, since it may change. */
232 unsigned char msg_data[IPMI_MAX_MSG_LENGTH];
233 };
234
235You should look at the receive type and handle the message
236appropriately.
237
238
239The Upper Layer Interface (Message Handler)
240-------------------------------------------
241
242The upper layer of the interface provides the users with a consistent
243view of the IPMI interfaces. It allows multiple SMI interfaces to be
244addressed (because some boards actually have multiple BMCs on them)
245and the user should not have to care what type of SMI is below them.
246
247
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248Watching For Interfaces
249
250When your code comes up, the IPMI driver may or may not have detected
251if IPMI devices exist. So you might have to defer your setup until
252the device is detected, or you might be able to do it immediately.
253To handle this, and to allow for discovery, you register an SMI
254watcher with ipmi_smi_watcher_register() to iterate over interfaces
255and tell you when they come and go.
256
257
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258Creating the User
259
260To user the message handler, you must first create a user using
261ipmi_create_user. The interface number specifies which SMI you want
262to connect to, and you must supply callback functions to be called
263when data comes in. The callback function can run at interrupt level,
264so be careful using the callbacks. This also allows to you pass in a
265piece of data, the handler_data, that will be passed back to you on
266all calls.
267
268Once you are done, call ipmi_destroy_user() to get rid of the user.
269
270From userland, opening the device automatically creates a user, and
271closing the device automatically destroys the user.
272
273
274Messaging
275
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277pretty much all message handling. Most of the parameter are
278self-explanatory. However, it takes a "msgid" parameter. This is NOT
279the sequence number of messages. It is simply a long value that is
280passed back when the response for the message is returned. You may
281use it for anything you like.
282
283Responses come back in the function pointed to by the ipmi_recv_hndl
284field of the "handler" that you passed in to ipmi_create_user().
285Remember again, these may be running at interrupt level. Remember to
286look at the receive type, too.
287
288From userland, you fill out an ipmi_req_t structure and use the
289IPMICTL_SEND_COMMAND ioctl. For incoming stuff, you can use select()
290or poll() to wait for messages to come in. However, you cannot use
291read() to get them, you must call the IPMICTL_RECEIVE_MSG with the
292ipmi_recv_t structure to actually get the message. Remember that you
293must supply a pointer to a block of data in the msg.data field, and
294you must fill in the msg.data_len field with the size of the data.
295This gives the receiver a place to actually put the message.
296
297If the message cannot fit into the data you provide, you will get an
298EMSGSIZE error and the driver will leave the data in the receive
299queue. If you want to get it and have it truncate the message, us
300the IPMICTL_RECEIVE_MSG_TRUNC ioctl.
301
302When you send a command (which is defined by the lowest-order bit of
303the netfn per the IPMI spec) on the IPMB bus, the driver will
304automatically assign the sequence number to the command and save the
305command. If the response is not receive in the IPMI-specified 5
306seconds, it will generate a response automatically saying the command
307timed out. If an unsolicited response comes in (if it was after 5
308seconds, for instance), that response will be ignored.
309
310In kernelland, after you receive a message and are done with it, you
311MUST call ipmi_free_recv_msg() on it, or you will leak messages. Note
312that you should NEVER mess with the "done" field of a message, that is
313required to properly clean up the message.
314
315Note that when sending, there is an ipmi_request_supply_msgs() call
316that lets you supply the smi and receive message. This is useful for
317pieces of code that need to work even if the system is out of buffers
318(the watchdog timer uses this, for instance). You supply your own
319buffer and own free routines. This is not recommended for normal use,
320though, since it is tricky to manage your own buffers.
321
322
323Events and Incoming Commands
324
325The driver takes care of polling for IPMI events and receiving
326commands (commands are messages that are not responses, they are
327commands that other things on the IPMB bus have sent you). To receive
328these, you must register for them, they will not automatically be sent
329to you.
330
331To receive events, you must call ipmi_set_gets_events() and set the
332"val" to non-zero. Any events that have been received by the driver
333since startup will immediately be delivered to the first user that
334registers for events. After that, if multiple users are registered
335for events, they will all receive all events that come in.
336
337For receiving commands, you have to individually register commands you
338want to receive. Call ipmi_register_for_cmd() and supply the netfn
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339and command name for each command you want to receive. You also
340specify a bitmask of the channels you want to receive the command from
341(or use IPMI_CHAN_ALL for all channels if you don't care). Only one
342user may be registered for each netfn/cmd/channel, but different users
343may register for different commands, or the same command if the
344channel bitmasks do not overlap.
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346From userland, equivalent IOCTLs are provided to do these functions.
347
348
349The Lower Layer (SMI) Interface
350-------------------------------
351
352As mentioned before, multiple SMI interfaces may be registered to the
353message handler, each of these is assigned an interface number when
354they register with the message handler. They are generally assigned
355in the order they register, although if an SMI unregisters and then
356another one registers, all bets are off.
357
358The ipmi_smi.h defines the interface for management interfaces, see
359that for more details.
360
361
362The SI Driver
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364
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365The SI driver allows KCS, BT, and SMIC interfaces to be configured
366in the system. It discovers interfaces through a host of different
367methods, depending on the system.
368
369You can specify up to four interfaces on the module load line and
370control some module parameters:
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372 modprobe ipmi_si.o type=<type1>,<type2>....
373 ports=<port1>,<port2>... addrs=<addr1>,<addr2>...
f2afae46 374 irqs=<irq1>,<irq2>...
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375 regspacings=<sp1>,<sp2>,... regsizes=<size1>,<size2>,...
376 regshifts=<shift1>,<shift2>,...
377 slave_addrs=<addr1>,<addr2>,...
a51f4a81 378 force_kipmid=<enable1>,<enable2>,...
ae74e823 379 kipmid_max_busy_us=<ustime1>,<ustime2>,...
b361e27b 380 unload_when_empty=[0|1]
c11daf6a 381 trydmi=[0|1] tryacpi=[0|1]
f2afae46 382 tryplatform=[0|1] trypci=[0|1]
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f2afae46 384Each of these except try... items is a list, the first item for the
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385first interface, second item for the second interface, etc.
386
387The si_type may be either "kcs", "smic", or "bt". If you leave it blank, it
388defaults to "kcs".
389
f2afae46 390If you specify addrs as non-zero for an interface, the driver will
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391use the memory address given as the address of the device. This
392overrides si_ports.
393
f2afae46 394If you specify ports as non-zero for an interface, the driver will
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395use the I/O port given as the device address.
396
f2afae46 397If you specify irqs as non-zero for an interface, the driver will
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398attempt to use the given interrupt for the device.
399
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400The other try... items disable discovery by their corresponding
401names. These are all enabled by default, set them to zero to disable
402them. The tryplatform disables openfirmware.
403
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404The next three parameters have to do with register layout. The
405registers used by the interfaces may not appear at successive
406locations and they may not be in 8-bit registers. These parameters
407allow the layout of the data in the registers to be more precisely
408specified.
409
410The regspacings parameter give the number of bytes between successive
411register start addresses. For instance, if the regspacing is set to 4
412and the start address is 0xca2, then the address for the second
413register would be 0xca6. This defaults to 1.
414
415The regsizes parameter gives the size of a register, in bytes. The
416data used by IPMI is 8-bits wide, but it may be inside a larger
417register. This parameter allows the read and write type to specified.
418It may be 1, 2, 4, or 8. The default is 1.
419
420Since the register size may be larger than 32 bits, the IPMI data may not
421be in the lower 8 bits. The regshifts parameter give the amount to shift
422the data to get to the actual IPMI data.
423
424The slave_addrs specifies the IPMI address of the local BMC. This is
425usually 0x20 and the driver defaults to that, but in case it's not, it
426can be specified when the driver starts up.
427
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428The force_ipmid parameter forcefully enables (if set to 1) or disables
429(if set to 0) the kernel IPMI daemon. Normally this is auto-detected
430by the driver, but systems with broken interrupts might need an enable,
431or users that don't want the daemon (don't need the performance, don't
432want the CPU hit) can disable it.
433
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434If unload_when_empty is set to 1, the driver will be unloaded if it
435doesn't find any interfaces or all the interfaces fail to work. The
436default is one. Setting to 0 is useful with the hotmod, but is
437obviously only useful for modules.
438
a51f4a81 439When compiled into the kernel, the parameters can be specified on the
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440kernel command line as:
441
442 ipmi_si.type=<type1>,<type2>...
443 ipmi_si.ports=<port1>,<port2>... ipmi_si.addrs=<addr1>,<addr2>...
c11daf6a 444 ipmi_si.irqs=<irq1>,<irq2>...
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445 ipmi_si.regspacings=<sp1>,<sp2>,...
446 ipmi_si.regsizes=<size1>,<size2>,...
447 ipmi_si.regshifts=<shift1>,<shift2>,...
448 ipmi_si.slave_addrs=<addr1>,<addr2>,...
a51f4a81 449 ipmi_si.force_kipmid=<enable1>,<enable2>,...
ae74e823 450 ipmi_si.kipmid_max_busy_us=<ustime1>,<ustime2>,...
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451
452It works the same as the module parameters of the same names.
453
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454If your IPMI interface does not support interrupts and is a KCS or
455SMIC interface, the IPMI driver will start a kernel thread for the
456interface to help speed things up. This is a low-priority kernel
457thread that constantly polls the IPMI driver while an IPMI operation
458is in progress. The force_kipmid module parameter will all the user to
459force this thread on or off. If you force it off and don't have
460interrupts, the driver will run VERY slowly. Don't blame me,
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461these interfaces suck.
462
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463Unfortunately, this thread can use a lot of CPU depending on the
464interface's performance. This can waste a lot of CPU and cause
465various issues with detecting idle CPU and using extra power. To
466avoid this, the kipmid_max_busy_us sets the maximum amount of time, in
467microseconds, that kipmid will spin before sleeping for a tick. This
468value sets a balance between performance and CPU waste and needs to be
469tuned to your needs. Maybe, someday, auto-tuning will be added, but
470that's not a simple thing and even the auto-tuning would need to be
471tuned to the user's desired performance.
472
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473The driver supports a hot add and remove of interfaces. This way,
474interfaces can be added or removed after the kernel is up and running.
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475This is done using /sys/modules/ipmi_si/parameters/hotmod, which is a
476write-only parameter. You write a string to this interface. The string
477has the format:
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478 <op1>[:op2[:op3...]]
479The "op"s are:
480 add|remove,kcs|bt|smic,mem|i/o,<address>[,<opt1>[,<opt2>[,...]]]
481You can specify more than one interface on the line. The "opt"s are:
482 rsp=<regspacing>
483 rsi=<regsize>
484 rsh=<regshift>
485 irq=<irq>
486 ipmb=<ipmb slave addr>
487and these have the same meanings as discussed above. Note that you
488can also use this on the kernel command line for a more compact format
489for specifying an interface. Note that when removing an interface,
490only the first three parameters (si type, address type, and address)
491are used for the comparison. Any options are ignored for removing.
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493The SMBus Driver (SSIF)
494-----------------------
495
496The SMBus driver allows up to 4 SMBus devices to be configured in the
497system. By default, the driver will only register with something it
498finds in DMI or ACPI tables. You can change this
499at module load time (for a module) with:
500
501 modprobe ipmi_ssif.o
502 addr=<i2caddr1>[,<i2caddr2>[,...]]
503 adapter=<adapter1>[,<adapter2>[...]]
504 dbg=<flags1>,<flags2>...
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505 slave_addrs=<addr1>,<addr2>,...
506 tryacpi=[0|1] trydmi=[0|1]
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507 [dbg_probe=1]
508
509The addresses are normal I2C addresses. The adapter is the string
510name of the adapter, as shown in /sys/class/i2c-adapter/i2c-<n>/name.
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511It is *NOT* i2c-<n> itself. Also, the comparison is done ignoring
512spaces, so if the name is "This is an I2C chip" you can say
513adapter_name=ThisisanI2cchip. This is because it's hard to pass in
514spaces in kernel parameters.
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515
516The debug flags are bit flags for each BMC found, they are:
517IPMI messages: 1, driver state: 2, timing: 4, I2C probe: 8
518
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519The tryxxx parameters can be used to disable detecting interfaces
520from various sources.
521
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522Setting dbg_probe to 1 will enable debugging of the probing and
523detection process for BMCs on the SMBusses.
524
525The slave_addrs specifies the IPMI address of the local BMC. This is
526usually 0x20 and the driver defaults to that, but in case it's not, it
527can be specified when the driver starts up.
528
529Discovering the IPMI compliant BMC on the SMBus can cause devices on
530the I2C bus to fail. The SMBus driver writes a "Get Device ID" IPMI
531message as a block write to the I2C bus and waits for a response.
532This action can be detrimental to some I2C devices. It is highly
533recommended that the known I2C address be given to the SMBus driver in
534the smb_addr parameter unless you have DMI or ACPI data to tell the
535driver what to use.
536
537When compiled into the kernel, the addresses can be specified on the
538kernel command line as:
539
540 ipmb_ssif.addr=<i2caddr1>[,<i2caddr2>[...]]
541 ipmi_ssif.adapter=<adapter1>[,<adapter2>[...]]
542 ipmi_ssif.dbg=<flags1>[,<flags2>[...]]
543 ipmi_ssif.dbg_probe=1
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544 ipmi_ssif.slave_addrs=<addr1>[,<addr2>[...]]
545 ipmi_ssif.tryacpi=[0|1] ipmi_ssif.trydmi=[0|1]
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547These are the same options as on the module command line.
548
549The I2C driver does not support non-blocking access or polling, so
550this driver cannod to IPMI panic events, extend the watchdog at panic
551time, or other panic-related IPMI functions without special kernel
552patches and driver modifications. You can get those at the openipmi
553web page.
554
555The driver supports a hot add and remove of interfaces through the I2C
556sysfs interface.
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558Other Pieces
559------------
560
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561Get the detailed info related with the IPMI device
562--------------------------------------------------
563
564Some users need more detailed information about a device, like where
565the address came from or the raw base device for the IPMI interface.
566You can use the IPMI smi_watcher to catch the IPMI interfaces as they
567come or go, and to grab the information, you can use the function
568ipmi_get_smi_info(), which returns the following structure:
569
570struct ipmi_smi_info {
571 enum ipmi_addr_src addr_src;
572 struct device *dev;
573 union {
574 struct {
575 void *acpi_handle;
576 } acpi_info;
577 } addr_info;
578};
579
580Currently special info for only for SI_ACPI address sources is
581returned. Others may be added as necessary.
582
583Note that the dev pointer is included in the above structure, and
584assuming ipmi_smi_get_info returns success, you must call put_device
585on the dev pointer.
586
587
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589--------
590
591A watchdog timer is provided that implements the Linux-standard
592watchdog timer interface. It has three module parameters that can be
593used to control it:
594
595 modprobe ipmi_watchdog timeout=<t> pretimeout=<t> action=<action type>
596 preaction=<preaction type> preop=<preop type> start_now=x
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599ifnum_to_use specifies which interface the watchdog timer should use.
600The default is -1, which means to pick the first one registered.
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602The timeout is the number of seconds to the action, and the pretimeout
603is the amount of seconds before the reset that the pre-timeout panic will
604occur (if pretimeout is zero, then pretimeout will not be enabled). Note
605that the pretimeout is the time before the final timeout. So if the
606timeout is 50 seconds and the pretimeout is 10 seconds, then the pretimeout
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607will occur in 40 second (10 seconds before the timeout). The panic_wdt_timeout
608is the value of timeout which is set on kernel panic, in order to let actions
609such as kdump to occur during panic.
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611The action may be "reset", "power_cycle", or "power_off", and
612specifies what to do when the timer times out, and defaults to
613"reset".
614
615The preaction may be "pre_smi" for an indication through the SMI
616interface, "pre_int" for an indication through the SMI with an
617interrupts, and "pre_nmi" for a NMI on a preaction. This is how
618the driver is informed of the pretimeout.
619
620The preop may be set to "preop_none" for no operation on a pretimeout,
621"preop_panic" to set the preoperation to panic, or "preop_give_data"
622to provide data to read from the watchdog device when the pretimeout
623occurs. A "pre_nmi" setting CANNOT be used with "preop_give_data"
624because you can't do data operations from an NMI.
625
626When preop is set to "preop_give_data", one byte comes ready to read
627on the device when the pretimeout occurs. Select and fasync work on
628the device, as well.
629
630If start_now is set to 1, the watchdog timer will start running as
631soon as the driver is loaded.
632
633If nowayout is set to 1, the watchdog timer will not stop when the
634watchdog device is closed. The default value of nowayout is true
635if the CONFIG_WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT option is enabled, or false if not.
636
637When compiled into the kernel, the kernel command line is available
638for configuring the watchdog:
639
640 ipmi_watchdog.timeout=<t> ipmi_watchdog.pretimeout=<t>
641 ipmi_watchdog.action=<action type>
642 ipmi_watchdog.preaction=<preaction type>
643 ipmi_watchdog.preop=<preop type>
644 ipmi_watchdog.start_now=x
645 ipmi_watchdog.nowayout=x
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648The options are the same as the module parameter options.
649
650The watchdog will panic and start a 120 second reset timeout if it
651gets a pre-action. During a panic or a reboot, the watchdog will
652start a 120 timer if it is running to make sure the reboot occurs.
653
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654Note that if you use the NMI preaction for the watchdog, you MUST NOT
655use the nmi watchdog. There is no reasonable way to tell if an NMI
656comes from the IPMI controller, so it must assume that if it gets an
657otherwise unhandled NMI, it must be from IPMI and it will panic
658immediately.
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660Once you open the watchdog timer, you must write a 'V' character to the
661device to close it, or the timer will not stop. This is a new semantic
662for the driver, but makes it consistent with the rest of the watchdog
663drivers in Linux.
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665
666Panic Timeouts
667--------------
668
669The OpenIPMI driver supports the ability to put semi-custom and custom
670events in the system event log if a panic occurs. if you enable the
671'Generate a panic event to all BMCs on a panic' option, you will get
672one event on a panic in a standard IPMI event format. If you enable
673the 'Generate OEM events containing the panic string' option, you will
674also get a bunch of OEM events holding the panic string.
675
676
677The field settings of the events are:
678* Generator ID: 0x21 (kernel)
679* EvM Rev: 0x03 (this event is formatting in IPMI 1.0 format)
680* Sensor Type: 0x20 (OS critical stop sensor)
681* Sensor #: The first byte of the panic string (0 if no panic string)
682* Event Dir | Event Type: 0x6f (Assertion, sensor-specific event info)
683* Event Data 1: 0xa1 (Runtime stop in OEM bytes 2 and 3)
684* Event data 2: second byte of panic string
685* Event data 3: third byte of panic string
686See the IPMI spec for the details of the event layout. This event is
687always sent to the local management controller. It will handle routing
688the message to the right place
689
690Other OEM events have the following format:
691Record ID (bytes 0-1): Set by the SEL.
692Record type (byte 2): 0xf0 (OEM non-timestamped)
693byte 3: The slave address of the card saving the panic
694byte 4: A sequence number (starting at zero)
695The rest of the bytes (11 bytes) are the panic string. If the panic string
696is longer than 11 bytes, multiple messages will be sent with increasing
697sequence numbers.
698
699Because you cannot send OEM events using the standard interface, this
700function will attempt to find an SEL and add the events there. It
701will first query the capabilities of the local management controller.
702If it has an SEL, then they will be stored in the SEL of the local
703management controller. If not, and the local management controller is
704an event generator, the event receiver from the local management
705controller will be queried and the events sent to the SEL on that
706device. Otherwise, the events go nowhere since there is nowhere to
707send them.
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709
710Poweroff
711--------
712
713If the poweroff capability is selected, the IPMI driver will install
714a shutdown function into the standard poweroff function pointer. This
715is in the ipmi_poweroff module. When the system requests a powerdown,
716it will send the proper IPMI commands to do this. This is supported on
717several platforms.
718
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719There is a module parameter named "poweroff_powercycle" that may
720either be zero (do a power down) or non-zero (do a power cycle, power
721the system off, then power it on in a few seconds). Setting
722ipmi_poweroff.poweroff_control=x will do the same thing on the kernel
723command line. The parameter is also available via the proc filesystem
724in /proc/sys/dev/ipmi/poweroff_powercycle. Note that if the system
725does not support power cycling, it will always do the power off.
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727The "ifnum_to_use" parameter specifies which interface the poweroff
728code should use. The default is -1, which means to pick the first one
729registered.
730
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732power off.