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Message-Id: <200710212304.02990.elendil@planet.nl>
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 23:04:02 +0200
From: Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>
To: Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Why are ipmi modules being loaded?
On Sunday 21 October 2007, Dave Jones wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 21, 2007 at 03:34:11PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
> > AFAICT from modules.pcimap, ipmi_si should only be loaded for PCI ID
> > [103c:121a] (which I don't have), or for devices with class c0700
> > (which I also don't have).
>
> Hmm, is lspci truncating the class code?
>
> > 01:00.4 Serial bus controller [0c07]: Intel Corporation 82573E KCS
> > (Active Management) [8086:108e] (rev 03)
Actually, these three look to be related (see also link below):
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82573E Gigabit Ethernet
Controller (Copper) (rev 03)
01:00.3 Serial controller: Intel Corporation Active Management Technology -
SOL (rev 03)
01:00.4 Serial bus controller [0c07]: Intel Corporation 82573E KCS (Active
Management) (rev 03)
I did check the class files in /sys. For these devices those have:
$ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:01\:00.0/class
0x020000
$ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:01\:00.3/class
0x070002
$ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:01\:00.4/class
0x0c0701
The last is close, but still does not match the 0x0c0700 in modules.pcimap.
Is there some fuzzy matching going on there?
> Because this smells like an IPMI-ish device.
Hmm. Yes, guess it is -ish. It's documented in:
http://download.intel.com/design/motherbd/cz/D1406801US.pdf (section 1.11.4)
Looks like something that is only useful for remote management though and
not for on-system management.
Anyway, I've blacklisted the modules for now, but still feel that should not
be necessary and there's an incorrect match happening.
Thanks for the reply Dave.
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