PC87431 is not - need full datasheet.
Mark Studebaker
mds4 at verizon.net
Wed Feb 2 03:41:40 CET 2005
so the ipmi_smb driver Corey just posted to LKML, together with his previous i2c patches,
together with http://bmcsensors-26.sourceforge.net ,
and you should be able to get sensor data from the 87431!
let us know how it works!
p.s. Corey I looked through ipmi_smb and it looks good.
this should give smbus block transfers and PEC quite a good testing.
mds
Chan Min Wai wrote:
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> However There is still one things is missing...
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> Driver for the "IPMI" Device in kernel...
> Without that there is no way for us to even touch the ipmi chip in the
> board.
>
> Regards,
> Chan Min Wai
>
> Ilia Stolov wrote:
>
>>The Host interface of PC87431 is IPMI 1.5/2.0 SSIF - the new host
>>interface introduced in IPMI 2.0 spec. And as specified in the spec
>>the SSIF interface can be used for IPMI 1.5 and 2.0 BMCs.
>>
>>Any SMBus driver should work. The SSIF is implemented on top of SMBus.
>>
>>The SSIF message format:
>>
>>Request: <Slave address+W> <SMBus command = 02> <Length> <NetFn+LUN>
>> <IPMI command> <IPMI command data ...>
>>Response: <Slave address+W> <SMBus command = 03> <Slave address+R>
>> <Length> <NetFn+LUN> <IPMI command> <Complt Code> <Data ....>
>>
>>Regards,
>>Ilia Stolov
>>National Semiconductor Corporation
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Corey Minyard"
>> <cminyard at mvista. To: "Mark Studebaker" <mds4 at verizon.net>
>> com> cc: "Ilia Stolov" <Ilia.Stolov at nsc.com>, "Corey Minyard"
>> <minyard at mvista.com>, "Chan Min Wai (System Administrator)" <dcmwai at ocesb.com.my>,
>> 06-01-05 05:40 AM sensors at Stimpy.netroedge.com
>> Subject: Re: PC87431 is not - need full datasheet.
>>
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>>Mark Studebaker wrote:
>>
>>
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>>>thanks for the info about the datasheet requiring an NDA.
>>>Unfortunately this means things will be difficult.
>>>But it may be sufficient just to get KCS over I2C working to it.
>>>
>>>The chip uses KCS over I2C.
>>>Corey, can we do that with the IPMI KCS driver? Do we need to
>>>write code to register with the KCS module to route KCS messages
>>>to a particlar address on a particular i2c bus?
>>>How would we do that - or does IPMI already have that capability?
>>>
>>>Once that is done, then the standard modules
>>>bmcsensors -> i2c-ipmi -> ipmi-msghdlr -> ipmi_kcs_sm
>>>should work.
>>>
>>>right Corey?
>>
>>
>>Well, I don't think so. There is no such thing as KCS over I2C. There
>>is something called the SMB interface, which is part of the newer IPMI
>>driver version from openipmi.sf.net. I really don't know that much
>>about it, someone else did that work and I don't have any hardware that
>>supports it. But if you are running IPMI over I2C, that's probably what
>>it is.
>>
>>Oh wait, the line:
>> The Host interface of PC87431 is IPMI 1.5/2.0 SSIF (SMBus)
>>means that it should support the standard interface that the IPMI SMB
>>driver uses. IIRC, configuring it is kind of a pain, but it is supposed
>>to work.
>>
>>-Corey
>>
>>
>>
>>>mds
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Ilia Stolov wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Mark Studebaker <mds4 <at> verizon.net> writes:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>ask National Semiconductor.
>>>>>
>>>>>Chan Min Wai (System Administrator) wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Hello all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I'm on Ticket #1853
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Is there anyway I can help to obtain a full data sheet?
>>>>>>What kind of full data sheet do you need?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>What should be included?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I would like to help in this, I've contact Intel Support and I think
>>>>>>they will help in somewhere. So please tell me what do you really want
>>>>>>and I'll try my best to get that. However I'll have no promise about
>>>>>>what I can get, but I'll try my very best on this issue.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>ADM1026 is supported.
>>>>>>>PC87431 is not - need full datasheet.
>>>>>>>These are both listed on our new drivers and supported chips pages
>>>>>>>for your
>>>>>>>information.
>>>>>>>If ADM1026 is not found, perhaps the SMBus master is not supported.
>>>>>>>See FAQ.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>MDS 12/31/04
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Regards
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Chan Min Wai
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>Following by recently requests about National's PC87431 mBMC device,
>>>>please find the following information:
>>>>1. The PC87431 is fully IPMI 1.5 compliant device with remote LAN
>>>>manageability support
>>>>2. The Host interface of PC87431 is IPMI 1.5/2.0 SSIF (SMBus)
>>>>3. The PC87431 supports all mandatory commands of IPMI 1.5
>>>>4. System configuration and sensor list can be read using regular
>>>>IPMI SDR commands
>>>>5. Specific sensor data can be obtained using IPMI "Get Sensor
>>>>Reading" command
>>>>
>>>>More information about PC87431 can be found on:
>>>>http://www.national.com/pf/PC/PC87431M.html
>>>>
>>>>The full PC87431 datasheet can be obtained under NDA.
>>>>
>>>>For more information about IPMI specification, please see IPMI
>>>>developers web-site:
>>>>http://developer.intel.com/design/servers/ipmi/index.htm
>>>>
>>>>Attached are sample sources of SSIF interface implementation for
>>>>PC87431.
>>>>Sources provided under BSD license agreement.
>>>>
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