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31.Dd September 8, 2008
32.Dt IPMI 4
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm ipmi
36.Nd Intelligent Platform Management Interface driver
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.Cd "ipmi0 at mainbus?"
39.Sh DESCRIPTION
40The
41.Nm
42device driver supports motherboards implementing the
43Intelligent Platform Management Interface version 1.5 or 2.0,
44and exports sensors and the watchdog through the
45.Xr envsys 4
46interface.
47.Sh EVENTS
48The
49.Nm
50driver is able to send events to
51.Xr powerd 8
52when sensor's state has changed.
53Intrusion sensors will send a
54.Em critical
55event when state is not ok.
56Power Supply sensors will send a
57.Em critical
58event when the Power Supply unit is not installed and
59.Em warning-over
60when the Power Supply unit is installed but not powered on.
61Fan, temperature and voltage sensors will send
62.Em critical-over
63or
64.Em critical-under
65when the value is very critical, or
66.Em warning-over
67or
68.Em warning-under
69if it's in a warning alert.
70.Sh SEE ALSO
71.Xr envsys 4 ,
72.Xr envstat 8 ,
73.Xr powerd 8 ,
74.Xr wdogctl 8
75.Sh HISTORY
76The
77.Nm
78driver first appeared in
79.Ox 3.9
80and was then ported to
81.Nx 4.0 .
82.Sh AUTHORS
83.An -nosplit
84The
85.Nm
86driver was originally written by
87.An Jordan Hargrave
88and was ported to
89.Nx
90by
91.An Manuel Bouyer
92.Aq bouyer@NetBSD.org .
93