X-Git-Url: http://pilppa.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2FIPMI.txt;h=0256805b548f8c43906c07b4e05ab1f76ae1f972;hb=3ca3c68e76686bee058937ade2b96f4de58ee434;hp=84d3d4d10c175943a86f12bd735694be19529eb7;hpb=62778ba1aa2589dc78c36a32edc6f5a6ccaf50c6;p=linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git diff --git a/Documentation/IPMI.txt b/Documentation/IPMI.txt index 84d3d4d10c1..0256805b548 100644 --- a/Documentation/IPMI.txt +++ b/Documentation/IPMI.txt @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ standard for controlling intelligent devices that monitor a system. It provides for dynamic discovery of sensors in the system and the ability to monitor the sensors and be informed when the sensor's values change or go outside certain boundaries. It also has a -standardized database for field-replacable units (FRUs) and a watchdog +standardized database for field-replaceable units (FRUs) and a watchdog timer. To use this, you need an interface to an IPMI controller in your @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ situation, you need to read the section below named 'The SI Driver' or IPMI defines a standard watchdog timer. You can enable this with the 'IPMI Watchdog Timer' config option. If you compile the driver into the kernel, then via a kernel command-line option you can have the -watchdog timer start as soon as it intitializes. It also have a lot +watchdog timer start as soon as it initializes. It also have a lot of other options, see the 'Watchdog' section below for more details. Note that you can also have the watchdog continue to run if it is closed (by default it is disabled on close). Go into the 'Watchdog @@ -605,12 +605,13 @@ 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. +There is a module parameter named "poweroff_powercycle" that may +either be zero (do a power down) or non-zero (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/sys/dev/ipmi/poweroff_powercycle. Note that if the system +does not support power cycling, it will always do the power off. Note that if you have ACPI enabled, the system will prefer using ACPI to power off.