vserver 2.0 rc7

[linux-2.6.git] / Documentation / IPMI.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/IPMI.txt b/Documentation/IPMI.txt
index d6dcb27..90d10e7 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/IPMI.txt
+++ b/Documentation/IPMI.txt
@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@ You can change this at module load time (for a module) with:
        irqs=<irq1>,<irq2>... trydefaults=[0|1]
        regspacings=<sp1>,<sp2>,... regsizes=<size1>,<size2>,...
        regshifts=<shift1>,<shift2>,...
+       slave_addrs=<addr1>,<addr2>,...
 
 Each of these except si_trydefaults is a list, the first item for the
 first interface, second item for the second interface, etc.
@@ -383,6 +384,10 @@ Since the register size may be larger than 32 bits, the IPMI data may not
 be in the lower 8 bits.  The regshifts parameter give the amount to shift
 the data to get to the actual IPMI data.
 
+The slave_addrs specifies the IPMI address of the local BMC.  This is
+usually 0x20 and the driver defaults to that, but in case it's not, it
+can be specified when the driver starts up.
+
 When compiled into the kernel, the addresses can be specified on the
 kernel command line as:
 
@@ -392,6 +397,7 @@ kernel command line as:
        ipmi_si.regspacings=<sp1>,<sp2>,...
        ipmi_si.regsizes=<size1>,<size2>,...
        ipmi_si.regshifts=<shift1>,<shift2>,...
+       ipmi_si.slave_addrs=<addr1>,<addr2>,...
 
 It works the same as the module parameters of the same names.