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  1. Kernel driver ibmaem
  2. ====================
  3. This driver talks to the IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager, known
  4. henceforth as AEM.
  5. Supported systems:
  6. * Any recent IBM System X server with AEM support.
  7. This includes the x3350, x3550, x3650, x3655, x3755, x3850 M2,
  8. x3950 M2, and certain HC10/HS2x/LS2x/QS2x blades.
  9. The IPMI host interface
  10. driver ("ipmi-si") needs to be loaded for this driver to do anything.
  11. Prefix: 'ibmaem'
  12. Datasheet: Not available
  13. Author: Darrick J. Wong
  14. Description
  15. -----------
  16. This driver implements sensor reading support for the energy and power meters
  17. available on various IBM System X hardware through the BMC. All sensor banks
  18. will be exported as platform devices; this driver can talk to both v1 and v2
  19. interfaces. This driver is completely separate from the older ibmpex driver.
  20. The v1 AEM interface has a simple set of features to monitor energy use. There
  21. is a register that displays an estimate of raw energy consumption since the
  22. last BMC reset, and a power sensor that returns average power use over a
  23. configurable interval.
  24. The v2 AEM interface is a bit more sophisticated, being able to present a wider
  25. range of energy and power use registers, the power cap as set by the AEM
  26. software, and temperature sensors.
  27. Special Features
  28. ----------------
  29. The "power_cap" value displays the current system power cap, as set by the AEM
  30. software. Setting the power cap from the host is not currently supported.