Bug#432027: RFA: ipmitool -- utility for IPMI control with kernel driver or LAN interface

[Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: normal

I've concluded that I need to reduce the number of packages I
maintain, and offer the ipmitool package for adoption.  I lack the
hardware to test it, and it could use a caring hand.  It is a tool to
extract hardware status from computers providing the IPMI interface
(mostly Intel servers).

This is the full package description:

Description: utility for IPMI control with kernel driver or LAN interface
 A utility for managing and configuring devices that support the
 Intelligent Platform Management Interface.  IPMI is an open standard
 for monitoring, logging, recovery, inventory, and control of hardware
 that is implemented independent of the main CPU, BIOS, and OS.  The
 service processor (or Baseboard Management Controller, BMC) is the
 brain behind platform management and its primary purpose is to handle
 the autonomous sensor monitoring and event logging features.

 The ipmitool program provides a simple command-line interface to this
 BMC.  It features the ability to read the sensor data repository
 (SDR) and print sensor values, display the contents of the System
 Event Log (SEL), print Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) inventory
 information, read and set LAN configuration parameters, and perform
 remote chassis power control.

At the moment the package contain 7 bugs, one of the RC (missing
kernel header).  It is written in C.

Happy hacking,
-- 
Petter Reinholdtsen