# # IPMI device configuration # menuconfig IPMI_HANDLER tristate 'IPMI top-level message handler' depends on HAS_IOMEM help This enables the central IPMI message handler, required for IPMI to work. IPMI is a standard for managing sensors (temperature, voltage, etc.) in a system. See for more details on the driver. If unsure, say N. if IPMI_HANDLER config IPMI_PANIC_EVENT bool 'Generate a panic event to all BMCs on a panic' help When a panic occurs, this will cause the IPMI message handler to generate an IPMI event describing the panic to each interface registered with the message handler. config IPMI_PANIC_STRING bool 'Generate OEM events containing the panic string' depends on IPMI_PANIC_EVENT help When a panic occurs, this will cause the IPMI message handler to generate IPMI OEM type f0 events holding the IPMB address of the panic generator (byte 4 of the event), a sequence number for the string (byte 5 of the event) and part of the string (the rest of the event). Bytes 1, 2, and 3 are the normal usage for an OEM event. You can fetch these events and use the sequence numbers to piece the string together. config IPMI_DEVICE_INTERFACE tristate 'Device interface for IPMI' help This provides an IOCTL interface to the IPMI message handler so userland processes may use IPMI. It supports poll() and select(). config IPMI_SI tristate 'IPMI System Interface handler' help Provides a driver for System Interfaces (KCS, SMIC, BT). Currently, only KCS and SMIC are supported. If you are using IPMI, you should probably say "y" here. config IPMI_SI_PROBE_DEFAULTS bool 'Probe for all possible IPMI system interfaces by default' default n depends on IPMI_SI help Modern systems will usually expose IPMI interfaces via a discoverable firmware mechanism such as ACPI or DMI. Older systems do not, and so the driver is forced to probe hardware manually. This may cause boot delays. Say "n" here to disable this manual probing. IPMI will then only be available on older systems if the "ipmi_si_intf.trydefaults=1" boot argument is passed. config IPMI_SSIF tristate 'IPMI SMBus handler (SSIF)' select I2C help Provides a driver for a SMBus interface to a BMC, meaning that you have a driver that must be accessed over an I2C bus instead of a standard interface. This module requires I2C support. config IPMI_WATCHDOG tristate 'IPMI Watchdog Timer' help This enables the IPMI watchdog timer. config IPMI_POWEROFF tristate 'IPMI Poweroff' help This enables a function to power off the system with IPMI if the IPMI management controller is capable of this. endif # IPMI_HANDLER