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From: "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@us.ibm.com>
To: "Mark M. Hoffman" <mhoffman@lightlink.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	lm-sensors <lm-sensors@lm-sensors.org>
Subject: [PATCH] ibmaem: Overview of the driver
Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 10:36:47 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080509173647.GK16404@tree.beaverton.ibm.com> (raw)

A brief overview of what this driver does

Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@us.ibm.com>
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+Kernel driver ibmaem
+======================
+
+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
+-----------
+
+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
+----------------
+
+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.

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