Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 19 Oct 2002 13:02:48 +0200 (CEST) | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] IPMI driver for Linux, version 7 |
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On Tue, 15 Oct 2002, Corey Minyard wrote:
> In the continuing saga of IPMI driver updates, here's another installment. > > More cleanups and bug fixes, some from Arjan van de Ven, and others from > myself. This fixes some problems with blocking operations while holding > a lock. It has an unfortunate interface change (but better now than > later), the lun field is removed from the IPMI message, and one is added > to the system interface address. It's a minor change, but it really > needed to be done to make things consistent. It's only released as a > patch to the v6 version and it applies cleanly to all kernel versions. > As usual, you can download the driver from my home page at > http://home.attbi.com/~minyard. > > -Corey > > PS - In case you don't know, IPMI is a standard for system management, > it provides ways to detect the managed devices in the system and sensors > attached to them. You can get more information at > http://www.intel.com/design/servers/ipmi/spec.htm
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... Adopters Agreement:
Before implementing the IPMI, IPMB or ICMB specifications, a royalty-free reciprocal patent license must be signed. Please follow the steps below to sign the IPMI Adopters Agreement: ... · Adopter hereby grants to the Promoters and to Fellow Adopters, and the Promoters hereby grant to Adopter, a nonexclusive, royalty-free, nontransferable, nonsublicenseable, worldwide license under its Necessary Claims to make, have made, use, import, offer to sell and sell products which comply with the Specification; provided that such license shall not extend to features of a product which are not required to comply with the Specification or for which there exists a feasible, noninfringing alternative. ...
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Am I right that this makes it impossible to include an IPMI driver into the kernel (this isn't GPL-compatible)?
cu Adrian
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