RE: [PATCH][resubmit] HP iLO driver

[Altobelli, David]

Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
>
>> A driver for the HP iLO/iLO2 management processor, which allows
>> userspace programs to query the management processor.  Programs can
>> open a channel to the device (/dev/hpilo/dXccbN), and use this to
>> send/receive queries.
>
> What kind of queries? Is there documentation somewhere?

Generally, it can get data out of the management processor - things
like basic iLO configuration (users, nic, etc), handle SNMP traffic,
flashing iLO, and some others.

Unfortunately, there isn't yet any available documenation.

> If it can read temperature, it should hook itself into hwmon
> framework. Can it? What can it do?

It can't do temperature.
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