linux/Documentation/hwmon/ibmaem
Darrick J. Wong 8808a793f0 ibmaem: new driver for power/energy/temp meters in IBM System X hardware
This driver reads IBM Active Energy Manager energy/temperature/power
sensors on IBM System X hardware.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix printk warnings]
Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@us.ibm.com>
Cc: "Mark M. Hoffman" <mhoffman@lightlink.com>
Cc: Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-05-24 09:56:08 -07:00

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Kernel driver ibmaem
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Supported systems:
* Any recent IBM System X server with Active Energy Manager 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.
Prefix: 'ibmaem'
Datasheet: Not available
Author: Darrick J. Wong
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.
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.
Special Features
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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.