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From: Bukie Mabayoje <bukiemab@gte.net>
To: "David Härdeman" <david@2gen.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: IPMI smbus and Intel 6300ESB Watchdog drivers
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 14:26:03 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <41FD5EFB.D6E39F5E@gte.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20050130184401.GC3373@hardeman.nu



David Härdeman wrote:

> Hi,
>
> (third question to LKML today =)
>
> I've recently bought an Intel SE7210TP1-E mainboard (specs here:
> http://www.intel.com/design/servers/boards/SE7210TP1-E/index.htm) and I
> now have most things working.
>
> There are however, two questionmarks left.
>
> 1) On the mainboard is a 6300ESB Watchdog Timer (pci id 8086:25ab), but
> there seems to be no driver available for it.

6300ESB is not a Watchdog Timer. It is an I/O Controller hub that includes a watch dog timer.

> Does anyone know if there
> is any such driver in progress or if I've misunderstood the situation?

If you tell me why you are interested in the WDT, then maybe I will be able answer your question.

>
>
> 2) IPMI, Documentation/IPMI.txt mentions a ipmi_smb driver, but I could
> find no such driver in the 2.6.10 tree. Am I missing something?

Do you get the ISM package that shipped with the board? The ISM software stack in not part of the kernel. The IPMI stuff is part of Server Management.

>
>
> Thanks in advance for any enlightenment.
>
> Regards,
> David Härdeman
>
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2005-01-30 22:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-01-30 18:44 IPMI smbus and Intel 6300ESB Watchdog drivers David Härdeman
2005-01-30 21:13 ` Peter Lundkvist
2005-01-31 20:46   ` David Härdeman
2005-01-30 22:26 ` Bukie Mabayoje [this message]
2005-01-31 20:52   ` David Härdeman

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