On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 11:17 PM, Oliver Pinter <oliver.p...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hello! > > When I good know, no common interface exisit in current freebsd > kernel, but some other sysctl interfece exisit: coretemp, aiboost ... > > ~> sysctl dev.coretemp > dev.coretemp.0.%desc: CPU On-Die Thermal Sensors > dev.coretemp.0.%driver: coretemp > dev.coretemp.0.%parent: cpu0 > dev.coretemp.1.%desc: CPU On-Die Thermal Sensors > dev.coretemp.1.%driver: coretemp > dev.coretemp.1.%parent: cpu1 > dev.coretemp.2.%desc: CPU On-Die Thermal Sensors > dev.coretemp.2.%driver: coretemp > dev.coretemp.2.%parent: cpu2 > dev.coretemp.3.%desc: CPU On-Die Thermal Sensors > dev.coretemp.3.%driver: coretemp > dev.coretemp.3.%parent: cpu3 > > ~> sysctl dev.acpi_aiboost > dev.acpi_aiboost.0.%desc: ASUStek AIBOOSTER > dev.acpi_aiboost.0.%driver: acpi_aiboost > dev.acpi_aiboost.0.%location: handle=\_SB_.PCI0.SBRG.ASOC > dev.acpi_aiboost.0.%pnpinfo: _HID=ATK0110 _UID=16843024 > dev.acpi_aiboost.0.%parent: acpi0 > dev.acpi_aiboost.0.temp0: 190 > dev.acpi_aiboost.0.temp1: 300 > dev.acpi_aiboost.0.volt0: 1144 > dev.acpi_aiboost.0.volt1: 3328 > dev.acpi_aiboost.0.volt2: 5064 > dev.acpi_aiboost.0.volt3: 12096 > dev.acpi_aiboost.0.fan0: 1962 > dev.acpi_aiboost.0.fan1: 1180 > dev.acpi_aiboost.0.fan2: 1278 > dev.acpi_aiboost.0.fan3: 0 > dev.acpi_aiboost.0.fan4: 0 > > but no common if.. > Is there an acpi_dell or something like that? > > On 8/22/09, Aurélien Méré <kind...@amc-os.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I've been using FreeBSD for years in all my servers, but I'm facing a big > > problem today. All servers are under monitoring using a couple of > > applications and scripts. Monitored items for each server especially are > > CPU/mobo/UPS/HDD temperatures, CPU load, memory use, fans speed, PSU/UPS > > voltages, HDD/RAID status&usage, network connectivity, UPS load, battery > > status & runtime, ... > > > > My concern today, excepted that there is no way to gather all the data > > through a unique interface and that consequently we have to change the > > scripts depending on hardware, is that some information are no longer > > available at all, especially concerning the MB IC, ie. temperatures, > > voltages & fan speed. Actually, some SMBus controllers (like from 2006 or > > so) are not supported by any driver and I didn't find any port updated to > > access the IC directly (if even possible). Currently, I sometimes have to > > use mbmon with direct I/O, sometimes mbmon with SMBus, sometimes healthd > and > > sometimes nothing works (PR 137668 or 136762 as examples in my case). > > > > Besides that, I was quite surprised that these information are available > in > > OpenBSD through a very simple and unique sysctl interface, with > up-to-date > > drivers, working on all my servers with a generic install. I know that > below > > this presentation layer, this may be much less perfect, and by digging > in, I > > found that a 2007 GSoC project for porting the OpenBSD sensor framework > was > > realised and planned to be put in HEAD. I also read hundreds of mails > > concerning this project, and why finally it was not commited. > > > > As developer, I fully understand some of the concerns in these threads > and > > that there are probably lots of things to change and work on, integrate > it > > in a cleaner repository like snmp or whatever; and I'd be glad to help in > > any > > possible way to improve this. But in the meantime, as netadmin, this kind > of > > information can be very important to prevent or diagnose major problems; > so > > I'd like to know what is being planned/done on this subject, as I didn't > > find any > > more information related to this than a discussion during bsdcan 2008. > > > > Thanks for your help and time, > > Aurélien > +10 I was looking for the same info a time ago .. something that would allow me to gather all the info from the same place, but the only thing I came up with was the very same discussion about the sensors framework port and nothing else. Any info on any such proyect will be greatly apreciated Regards _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
