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.Dd September 8, 2008 .Dt IPMI 4 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm ipmi .Nd Intelligent Platform Management Interface driver .Sh SYNOPSIS .Cd "ipmi0 at mainbus?" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm device driver supports motherboards implementing the Intelligent Platform Management Interface version 1.5 or 2.0, and exports sensors and the watchdog through the .Xr envsys 4 interface. .Sh EVENTS The .Nm driver is able to send events to .Xr powerd 8 when a sensor's state has changed. Intrusion sensors will send a .Em critical event when state is not ok. Power Supply sensors will send a .Em critical event when the Power Supply unit is not installed and .Em warning-over when the Power Supply unit is installed but not powered on. Fan, temperature and voltage sensors will send .Em critical-over or .Em critical-under when the value is very critical, or .Em warning-over or .Em warning-under if it's in a warning alert. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr envsys 4 , .Xr envstat 8 , .Xr powerd 8 , .Xr wdogctl 8 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm driver first appeared in .Ox 3.9 and was then ported to .Nx 4.0 . .Sh AUTHORS .An -nosplit The .Nm driver was originally written by .An Jordan Hargrave and was ported to .Nx by .An Manuel Bouyer .Aq bouyer@NetBSD.org .