[Bug 47528] Re: dapper rc: 'modprobe ipmi_si' hangs on dell 2850

[Jens Bergmann]

Today i stumbled across this error. After a bit of google'ing i found a
solution that worked on my Dell PE 1850:

[...]
Next you need to load the kernel modules. If you’re using a different server to mine, try modprobing ipmi_si without any options at first, then build up the options. If you’re not sure which method your BMC uses, try leaving out the type= parameter as the module will figure it out.

For kernel 2.6.x:

modprobe ipmi_msghandler
modprobe ipmi_devintf
modprobe ipmi_si type=kcs ports=0xca8 regspacings=4

If ipmi_si won’t load, look at the output of dmidecode for the base address of your IPMI BMC and then use that base address for the ports=<base address> module option. The default ports option is 0xca2 so if your BMC is at that address according to dmidecode, then you don’t need this option. 
[...]

References:
http://wiki.adamsweet.org/doku.php?id=ipmi_on_linux
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=334668

This was running Ubuntu Dapper 6.06 on a Dell 1850 with
2.6.15-27-amd64-server (2.6.15-27.50).

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dapper rc: 'modprobe ipmi_si' hangs on dell 2850
https://launchpad.net/bugs/47528