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Date:      Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:40:04 GMT
From:      Garrett Cooper <gcooper@FreeBSD.org>
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   docs/147796: [patch] device smbus missing from ipmi(4) synopsys section
Message-ID:  <201006111940.o5BJe40g078179@www.freebsd.org>
Resent-Message-ID: <201006111950.o5BJo1oR069965@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         147796
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       [patch] device smbus missing from ipmi(4) synopsys section
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Jun 11 19:50:01 UTC 2010
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Garrett Cooper
>Release:        9-CURRENT
>Organization:
Cisco Systems, Inc.
>Environment:
>Description:
Tried kldload(8)'ing ipmi(4) and it failed siting this in the dmesg:

KLD ipmi.ko: depends on smbus - not available or version mismatch
linker_load_file: Unsupported file type

I build and installed the i2c/smbus module and voila:

$ kldstat -v | grep ipmi
 8    1 0xffffffff80e17000 2cc      ipmi_linux.ko (/boot/TAMESHI_CURRENT.r206173/ipmi_linux.ko)
		229 ipmi_linux
 9    1 0xffffffff80e18000 6dc4     ipmi.ko (/boot/TAMESHI_CURRENT.r206173/ipmi.ko)
		234 smbus/ipmi_smbus
		233 pci/ipmi_pci
		232 pci/ipmi2_pci
		231 isa/ipmi_isa
		230 acpi/ipmi_acpi
>How-To-Repeat:
Don't build kernel with smbus(4), but build with ipmi(4) support. If built via modules, then ipmi will fail to load.
>Fix:
See attached patch.

Patch attached with submission follows:

Index: ipmi.4
===================================================================
--- ipmi.4	(revision 206173)
+++ ipmi.4	(working copy)
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 .Nm ipmi
 .Nd "OpenIPMI compatible IPMI interface driver"
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Cd "device smbus"
 .Cd "device ipmi"
 .Pp
 To manually specify I/O attachment in


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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