From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Feb 24 08:49:23 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA28672 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 08:49:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from feral.com (root@[209.54.254.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA28570 for ; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 08:48:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mjacob@feral.com) Received: from feral-gw (mjacob@gw100.feral.com [192.67.166.129]) by feral.com (8.8.6/8.8.6) with SMTP id IAA22109; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 08:33:23 -0800 Message-ID: <34F2F653.73A827AD@feral.com> Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 08:33:23 -0800 From: Matthew Jacob Organization: Feral Software X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04 (X11; I; Linux 2.0.31 i586) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chris Timmons CC: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, Atipa Subject: Re: Dual PII and environmental monitoring References: Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------319149932D67F6907E349010" Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------319149932D67F6907E349010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I dunno about mainboard monitoring, but I have some uncommitted changes to put into Justin's CAM tree that will do SCSI based environmental monitoring (SES && SAF-TE- used in a lot of new disk arrays). I've been mulling over ways to try and integrate SCSI environmental with mainboard stuff, but not very deeply. I suspect that because the enviro and power stuff shows up in a lot of different places it will just have to be up to a userland app/lib/api-set to sort out what's what. --------------319149932D67F6907E349010 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-POP3-Rcpt: mjacob@feral-gw Return-Path: Received: from sarip.sol.net (mail@sarip.sol.net [169.207.30.120]) by feral.com (8.8.6/8.8.6) with ESMTP id JAA01834 for ; Sun, 22 Feb 1998 09:36:03 -0800 Received: from hub.freebsd.org (hub.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.18]) by sarip.sol.net (8.8.8/8.8.8/SNNS-1.02) with ESMTP id LAA01818; Sun, 22 Feb 1998 11:34:22 -0600 (CST) Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id JAA14601; Sun, 22 Feb 1998 09:33:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: by hub.freebsd.org (bulk_mailer v1.6); Sun, 22 Feb 1998 09:33:37 -0800 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA14554 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Sun, 22 Feb 1998 09:33:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from opus.cts.cwu.edu (skynyrd@opus.cts.cwu.edu [198.104.92.71]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA14500 for ; Sun, 22 Feb 1998 09:33:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from skynyrd@opus.cts.cwu.edu) Received: from localhost (skynyrd@localhost) by opus.cts.cwu.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id JAA13544; Sun, 22 Feb 1998 09:33:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from skynyrd@opus.cts.cwu.edu) Date: Sun, 22 Feb 1998 09:33:25 -0800 (PST) From: Chris Timmons To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG cc: Atipa Subject: Dual PII and environmental monitoring Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I've been researching dual PII boards and have arrived at a quandry about environmental monitoring. Ideally I would like to be able to remotely query server machines to check for fan failures and overheating. At home where I have 7200rpm disks, no air conditioning and summer temperatures that often approach 40C, operating temperatures are a concern. Tyan and ASUS use the National Semiconductor LM78 for monitoring internal temperature, fan speed, etc. There is Linux support for reading this information and an ostensibly complete data sheet available from national at http://www.national.com/ds/LM/LM78.pdf. Likewise, the Intel DK440LX uses the LM79 - data sheet also available. Gigabyte has their own ACOPS technology which they claim is "supported" by all operating systems in that (the bios?) can sense (purportedly more reliably than LM78 based systems) CPU overheating conditions and "auto speed down" the system. Also, the chassis speaker sounds an audible alarm. http://www.giga-byte.com/RACOPS2.html Gigabyte MB's are cost effective and have a good reputation from people on this list; however, it would appear that contrary to their marketing rhetoric ACOPS is a closed-door solution that is a win only for MS$ users who can realize the unmitigatably overwhelming benefits of Gigabyte's bundled patented SIV application. Comments? Technical references from Gigabyte to match National's open, pro free software approach? I can't find them. -Chris To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message --------------319149932D67F6907E349010-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message