Andrew Ip aip@cwlinux.com writes:
Does anyone know if IPMI works under LinuxBIOS? AFAIK, there is a Linux
driver patch but dunno if it still works under LinuxBIOS.
Which part of IPMI.
IPMI is a weird spec where all of the parts seem optional that I have not seen on a stable production board. There is the L440gx but I would not call that stable.
I have do not have good feelings about intel delivering hardware where accessing the i2c bus with any noise locks of the i2c controller. Not planning to fix it, and then planning to have extra hardware monitoring your system state via i2c. I do not see how you can build a stable system that way.
The fact that there is some semi-standard and people are starting adopt it is good. It means things like temperature monitoring etc should get easier. But only if people actually implement something sane. I have trouble seeing designs with an onboard microcontroller as sane.
Eric