diff -urN ipmitool-1.8.11/lib/ipmi_event.c ipmitool-1.8.11-eventfix/lib/ipmi_event.c
--- ipmitool-1.8.11/lib/ipmi_event.c	2009-02-25 15:38:52.000000000 -0500
+++ ipmitool-1.8.11-eventfix/lib/ipmi_event.c	2009-03-17 09:48:20.000000000 -0400
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
 	if (chmed == IPMI_CHANNEL_MEDIUM_SYSTEM) {
 		/* system interface, need extra generator ID */
 		req.msg.data_len = 8;
-		rqdata[0] = 0x20;
+		rqdata[0] = 0x41;
 		memcpy(rqdata+1, emsg, sizeof(struct platform_event_msg));
 	}
 	else {