Kernel driver ibmaem
======================
+This driver talks to the IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager, known
+henceforth as AEM.
+
Supported systems:
- * Any recent IBM System X server with Active Energy Manager support.
+ * Any recent IBM System X server with AEM support.
This includes the x3350, x3550, x3650, x3655, x3755, x3850 M2,
x3950 M2, and certain HS2x/LS2x/QS2x blades. The IPMI host interface
driver ("ipmi-si") needs to be loaded for this driver to do anything.
Description
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-This driver implements sensor reading support for the energy and power
-meters available on various IBM System X hardware through the BMC. All
-sensor banks will be exported as platform devices; this driver can talk
-to both v1 and v2 interfaces. This driver is completely separate from the
-older ibmpex driver.
+This driver implements sensor reading support for the energy and power meters
+available on various IBM System X hardware through the BMC. All sensor banks
+will be exported as platform devices; this driver can talk to both v1 and v2
+interfaces. This driver is completely separate from the older ibmpex driver.
-The v1 AEM interface has a simple set of features to monitor energy use.
-There is a register that displays an estimate of raw energy consumption
-since the last BMC reset, and a power sensor that returns average power
-use over a configurable interval.
+The v1 AEM interface has a simple set of features to monitor energy use. There
+is a register that displays an estimate of raw energy consumption since the
+last BMC reset, and a power sensor that returns average power use over a
+configurable interval.
-The v2 AEM interface is a bit more sophisticated, being able to present
-a wider range of energy and power use registers, the power cap as
-set by the AEM software, and temperature sensors.
+The v2 AEM interface is a bit more sophisticated, being able to present a wider
+range of energy and power use registers, the power cap as set by the AEM
+software, and temperature sensors.
Special Features
----------------
-The "power_cap" value displays the current system power cap, as set by
-the Active Energy Manager software. Setting the power cap from the host
-is not currently supported.
+The "power_cap" value displays the current system power cap, as set by the AEM
+software. Setting the power cap from the host is not currently supported.
/*
- * A hwmon driver for the IBM Active Energy Manager temperature/power sensors
- * and capping functionality.
+ * A hwmon driver for the IBM System Director Active Energy Manager (AEM)
+ * temperature/power/energy sensors and capping functionality.
* Copyright (C) 2008 IBM
*
* Author: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@us.ibm.com>
}
MODULE_AUTHOR("Darrick J. Wong <djwong@us.ibm.com>");
-MODULE_DESCRIPTION("IBM Active Energy Manager power/temp sensor driver");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("IBM AEM power/temp/energy sensor driver");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
module_init(aem_init);