Return-Path: <linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org>
Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand
	id <S131779AbRCOTId>; Thu, 15 Mar 2001 14:08:33 -0500
Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org
	id <S131790AbRCOTIX>; Thu, 15 Mar 2001 14:08:23 -0500
Received: from nat-hdqt.valinux.com ([198.186.202.17]:65122 "EHLO
	tytlal.engr.valinux.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP
	id <S131779AbRCOTIK>; Thu, 15 Mar 2001 14:08:10 -0500
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 11:03:57 -0800
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@valinux.com>
To: Terje Malmedal <terje.malmedal@usit.uio.no>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Remote Management (was Re: Alert on LAN)
Message-ID: <20010315110357.C22871@valinux.com>
In-Reply-To: <E14dImS-0006DX-00@traeki.engr.valinux.com> <E14dcXV-0006J0-00@morgoth>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.15i
In-Reply-To: <E14dcXV-0006J0-00@morgoth>; from terje.malmedal@usit.uio.no on Thu, Mar 15, 2001 at 07:31:57PM +0100
Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org
X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org

According to Terje Malmedal:
> I am aware of some motherboards where you can configure the BIOS via
> RS232.  What I want is some way to actually reset a machine that is
> hung.

That's possible with VACM-style management.  It's not just for BIOS.
-- 
Chip Salzenberg              - a.k.a. -             <chip@valinux.com>
 "We have no fuel on board, plus or minus 8 kilograms."  -- NEAR tech
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/