Re: [Freeipmi-devel] sensor output issue

[Anand Babu]

,----[ Albert Chu <address@hidden> ]
| Hey AB,
| 
| The following sensors are not output unless the -vv option is passed to
| sensors.
| 
| HSC Drv X Status (Drive Slot)
| HSC Drv X Pres (Drive Slot)
| 
| HSC Drv X Status has an event/read type code of 0x6F.  Table 36-3 of the
| IPMI Spec doesn't list any info about Drive Slots.  So I believe
| that one can be ignored.
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Yes you are correct.

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| But, HSC Drv X Pres has an event code of 0x08.  So this sensor should
| be output with either "Device Present" or "Device Absent" (Table
| 36-2).
| 
| I think the bug lies in the function ipmi_is_sensor_reading_available().
|  Currently, the function only checks if the sensor type is
| IPMI_SENSOR_TYPE_DRIVE_SLOT.  Instead, the function should check if the
| sensor type is IPMI_SENSOR_TYPE_DRIVE_SLOT and that the event/read type
| is == 0x6Fh.
| 
| Do you agree on this??
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Table 36.1, Event/Reading Type Code Ranges classifies "0x6F" as
"Sensor-specific discrete" type. Such types *should only* refer
"Table 36-3, Sensor Type Codes". 

Happy Hacking,
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