Re: [Freeipmi-users] Re: FreeIPMI 1.0.1 Released

[John Gilmore]

> I've added a section to the FAQ on the website to add a little bit of
> info to atleast point people in the right direction.  There will also be
> some manpage updates in the next release.

Thank you for the FAQ update.  In doing some more trolling around,
I found this web page:

  
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/querying-dumping-bios-from-linux-command-prompt.html

which suggests that this command will dump info about an IPMI device,
if it exists in the DMI:

  dmidecode --type 38

It also produces a sample printout of what such IPMI information might
look like.

You might want to put something similar into the FAQ, at least pointing
out that if dmidecode produces an entry of type 38, it's likely that
your motherboard has IPMI (but perhaps not the reverse).

        John