[lm-sensors] Supermicro X7SPA-HF: in4 ALARM

[Jean Delvare]

On Sun, 13 May 2012 18:57:36 -0500, Ben Kamen wrote:
> Ok, after looking around some more -- I should be talking though ipmisensors and not directly communicating with the w83627ehf directly.
> 
> it finds the ipmi interface:
> 
> > Found `IPMI BMC KCS' at 0xca2...                            Success!
> >     (confidence 8, driver `ipmisensors')
> >
> 
> but then tells me:
> > Warning: the required module ipmisensors is not currently installed
> > on your system. If it is built into the kernel then it's OK.
> > Otherwise, check http://www.lm-sensors.org/wiki/Devices for
> > driver availability.
> 
> and I'm using the RHEL 6 released version of lm-sensors:
> 
> lm_sensors.x86_64	3.1.1-10.el6	@base
> 
> 
> So where do I get ipmisensors?

It doesn't actually exist. Driver was work in progress, development
stopped in 2006.

> The wiki says I should use ipmitool -- but then how does that integrate?

It does not integrate. I would agree it's a sad situation but as long
as nobody finishes driver ipmisensors and gets it accepted upstream,
that's the best we (you) have.

-- 
Jean Delvare