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From: Christian Krafft <krafft@de.ibm.com>
To: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Subject: Re: [Cbe-oss-dev] [patch v3] powerpc: add PMI driver for cell blade
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On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:30:51 +1100
Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> wrote:

> Christian Krafft writes:
>=20
> > From: Christian Krafft <krafft@de.ibm.com>
> > This patch adds driver code for the PMI device found in future IBM prod=
ucts.
> > PMI stands for "Platform Management Interrupt" and is a way to communic=
ate
> > with the BMC. It provides bidirectional communication with a low latenc=
y.
>=20
> Thanks for telling us what PMI is, but what's a BMC?
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> Paul.

BMC stands for Baseboard Management Controller:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseboard_management_controller

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Mit freundlichen Gr=FCssen,
kind regards,

Christian Krafft
IBM Systems & Technology Group,=20
Linux Kernel Development
IT Specialist