[lm-sensors] HP Compaq ProLiant DL380 detect failure
twb0 at lymenet.org
Tue Dec 26 23:30:04 CET 2006
Thanks all--if we can get this working there is a large community of HP
ProLiant server users who will benefit.
Upon tracing the "hplog" process behavior, it seems to read the data is
by using message queues attached to the Proliant System Health Monitor
(hpasmd) process which, in turn, may also rely on data from the HP
Lights-Out Drivers and Agents (hprsm) daemon.
There are two routes that might be taken here:
1. Reverse-engineer the hpasmd process and read values directly from
the HP/Compaq hardware.
2. Write a shim to work in concert with an existing hpasmd process and
feed data back using existing drivers (i.e. /dev/cpqhealth/proc,
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