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authorCorey Minyard <minyard@acm.org>2005-06-23 22:01:42 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org>2005-06-24 00:05:23 -0700
commit3b6259432dee81f928c22c48c080d5f6325ed92e (patch)
tree4b22a1a9a547a6e3da9d1a45cd83d210d9398fcd /Documentation
parent8f43f84f13a49fe5f0f7d1595082b6d7ec6daa85 (diff)
[PATCH] ipmi: add power cycle capability
This patch to adds "power cycle" functionality to the IPMI power off module ipmi_poweroff. It also contains changes to support procfs control of the feature. The power cycle action is considered an optional chassis control in the IPMI specification. However, it is definitely useful when the hardware supports it. A power cycle is usually required in order to reset a firmware in a bad state. This action is critical to allow remote management of servers. The implementation adds power cycle as optional to the ipmi_poweroff module. It can be modified dynamically through the proc entry mentioned above. During a power down and enabled, the power cycle command is sent to the BMC firmware. If it fails either due to non-support or some error, it will retry to send the command as power off. Signed-off-by: Christopher A. Poblete <Chris_Poblete@dell.com> Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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@@ -594,3 +594,23 @@ an event generator, the event receiver from the local management
controller will be queried and the events sent to the SEL on that
device. Otherwise, the events go nowhere since there is nowhere to
send them.
+
+
+Poweroff
+--------
+
+If the poweroff capability is selected, the IPMI driver will install
+a shutdown function into the standard poweroff function pointer. This
+is in the ipmi_poweroff module. When the system requests a powerdown,
+it will send the proper IPMI commands to do this. This is supported on
+several platforms.
+
+There is a module parameter named "poweroff_control" that may either be zero
+(do a power down) or 2 (do a power cycle, power the system off, then power
+it on in a few seconds). Setting ipmi_poweroff.poweroff_control=x will do
+the same thing on the kernel command line. The parameter is also available
+via the proc filesystem in /proc/ipmi/poweroff_control. Note that if the
+system does not support power cycling, it will always to the power off.
+
+Note that if you have ACPI enabled, the system will prefer using ACPI to
+power off.