Re: environmental monitoring

[Eric <ebrower@usa.net>]

Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org> wrote:

> > Looking at the prtconf output from the T1/200 and the SB-1000 (for which
the
> > bbc_envctrl driver was written), it is clear no current driver will
support
> > this environmental monitoring implementation.  However, if you simply want
the
> > CPU temperature you should be able to use the LOM console to retrieve
this
> > information, independent of the host OS (though Solaris may be required
for
> > initial LOM configuration).  For anything more, you'll likely have to
wait
> > until a developer gets a hold of the hardware and decides to take a try.
> 
> I want it from Debian userland, not the LOM console.  Are "SUNW,lomh"
> and "lomp" relevant?  

Perhaps in an ancillary way-- I really don't know much about the LOM
implementation.  

> Is the information likely to be accessed through
> pmu/i2c/temperature ?

More specifically, .../pmu/i2c likely is the interface to the I2C bus and
.../pmu/i2c/temperature describes the I2C client address at which the sensor
(a max1617) can be addressed.  

E