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diff --git a/Documentation/IPMI.txt b/Documentation/IPMI.txt index 0e3924ecd76b..24dc3fcf1594 100644 --- a/Documentation/IPMI.txt +++ b/Documentation/IPMI.txt @@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ You can change this at module load time (for a module) with: regshifts=<shift1>,<shift2>,... slave_addrs=<addr1>,<addr2>,... force_kipmid=<enable1>,<enable2>,... + unload_when_empty=[0|1] Each of these except si_trydefaults is a list, the first item for the first interface, second item for the second interface, etc. @@ -416,6 +417,11 @@ by the driver, but systems with broken interrupts might need an enable, or users that don't want the daemon (don't need the performance, don't want the CPU hit) can disable it. +If unload_when_empty is set to 1, the driver will be unloaded if it +doesn't find any interfaces or all the interfaces fail to work. The +default is one. Setting to 0 is useful with the hotmod, but is +obviously only useful for modules. + When compiled into the kernel, the parameters can be specified on the kernel command line as: @@ -441,6 +447,25 @@ have high-res timers enabled in the kernel and you don't have interrupts enabled, the driver will run VERY slowly. Don't blame me, these interfaces suck. +The driver supports a hot add and remove of interfaces. This way, +interfaces can be added or removed after the kernel is up and running. +This is done using /sys/modules/ipmi_si/hotmod, which is a write-only +parameter. You write a string to this interface. The string has the +format: + <op1>[:op2[:op3...]] +The "op"s are: + add|remove,kcs|bt|smic,mem|i/o,<address>[,<opt1>[,<opt2>[,...]]] +You can specify more than one interface on the line. The "opt"s are: + rsp=<regspacing> + rsi=<regsize> + rsh=<regshift> + irq=<irq> + ipmb=<ipmb slave addr> +and these have the same meanings as discussed above. Note that you +can also use this on the kernel command line for a more compact format +for specifying an interface. Note that when removing an interface, +only the first three parameters (si type, address type, and address) +are used for the comparison. Any options are ignored for removing. The SMBus Driver ---------------- @@ -502,7 +527,10 @@ used to control it: modprobe ipmi_watchdog timeout=<t> pretimeout=<t> action=<action type> preaction=<preaction type> preop=<preop type> start_now=x - nowayout=x + nowayout=x ifnum_to_use=n + +ifnum_to_use specifies which interface the watchdog timer should use. +The default is -1, which means to pick the first one registered. The timeout is the number of seconds to the action, and the pretimeout is the amount of seconds before the reset that the pre-timeout panic will @@ -624,5 +652,9 @@ command line. The parameter is also available via the proc filesystem in /proc/sys/dev/ipmi/poweroff_powercycle. Note that if the system does not support power cycling, it will always do the power off. +The "ifnum_to_use" parameter specifies which interface the poweroff +code should use. The default is -1, which means to pick the first one +registered. + Note that if you have ACPI enabled, the system will prefer using ACPI to power off. |