Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc-2.6

[pandora-kernel.git] / Documentation / IPMI.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/IPMI.txt b/Documentation/IPMI.txt
index 0256805..9f08d73 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/IPMI.txt
+++ b/Documentation/IPMI.txt
@@ -326,9 +326,12 @@ for events, they will all receive all events that come in.
 
 For receiving commands, you have to individually register commands you
 want to receive.  Call ipmi_register_for_cmd() and supply the netfn
-and command name for each command you want to receive.  Only one user
-may be registered for each netfn/cmd, but different users may register
-for different commands.
+and command name for each command you want to receive.  You also
+specify a bitmask of the channels you want to receive the command from
+(or use IPMI_CHAN_ALL for all channels if you don't care).  Only one
+user may be registered for each netfn/cmd/channel, but different users
+may register for different commands, or the same command if the
+channel bitmasks do not overlap.
 
 From userland, equivalent IOCTLs are provided to do these functions.
 
@@ -361,6 +364,7 @@ You can change this at module load time (for a module) with:
        regspacings=<sp1>,<sp2>,... regsizes=<size1>,<size2>,...
        regshifts=<shift1>,<shift2>,...
        slave_addrs=<addr1>,<addr2>,...
+       force_kipmid=<enable1>,<enable2>,...
 
 Each of these except si_trydefaults is a list, the first item for the
 first interface, second item for the second interface, etc.
@@ -406,7 +410,13 @@ The slave_addrs specifies the IPMI address of the local BMC.  This is
 usually 0x20 and the driver defaults to that, but in case it's not, it
 can be specified when the driver starts up.
 
-When compiled into the kernel, the addresses can be specified on the
+The force_ipmid parameter forcefully enables (if set to 1) or disables
+(if set to 0) the kernel IPMI daemon.  Normally this is auto-detected
+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.
+
+When compiled into the kernel, the parameters can be specified on the
 kernel command line as:
 
   ipmi_si.type=<type1>,<type2>...
@@ -416,6 +426,7 @@ kernel command line as:
        ipmi_si.regsizes=<size1>,<size2>,...
        ipmi_si.regshifts=<shift1>,<shift2>,...
        ipmi_si.slave_addrs=<addr1>,<addr2>,...
+       ipmi_si.force_kipmid=<enable1>,<enable2>,...
 
 It works the same as the module parameters of the same names.