version 1.8.9 released 2007-03-06
	* Added initial AMC ekey query operation support
	* Improvements to ekeying support (PICMG 3.x only)
	* Added initial interactive edition support for multirec; added IANA
		verification before interpreting PICMG records.
	* Added edit support for AMC activation "Maximum Internal Current"
	* Fix bug generating garbage on the screen when handling GetDeviceId
		and sol traffic occurs
	* Added ability to map OEM sensor types to OEM description string using 
		IANA number; moved IANA number table
	* Fix lan set access command to use value already saved within
		parameters for PEF and authentication
	* Fix bug in cmd ipmitool lan stats get 1
	* Add support to allow ipmitool/ipmievd to target specific device
		nodes on multi-BMC systems
	* Add support for name+privilege lookup for lanplus sessions
	* Fix time_t conversion bug for 64-bit OS
	* Added prefix of hostname on sel ipmievd sessions
	* Fixed FWUM Get Info
	* Fix ipmievd fd closing bug
	* Add set-in-progress flag support to chassis bootdev
	* Added new chassis bootdev options
	* Add sol payload enable/disable comman
	* Fix SOL set errors when commit-write not supported
	* Fix reset of session timeout for lanplus interface
	* Fixed lan interface accessibility timeout handling
	* Fix bug with Function Get Channel Cipher Suites command when 
		more than 1 page used.
	* Fix missing firmware firewall top-level command
	* Fix bug in SOL keepalive functionality
	* Fix SOLv2 NACK and retry handling for Intel ESB2 BMC
	* Added ipmi_sel_get_oem_sensor* APIs
	* Added HPM.1 support 
	* Fix segfault when incorrect oem option supplied
	* Fix bus problem with spd command
	* Fix segfault in SOL when remote BMC does not return packet
	* Adjust packet length for AMC.0 retricting IPMB packets to 32 bytes
	* Added lan packet size reduction mechanism
	* Fix bug with sendMessage of bad length with different target
	* Fix for big endian (PPC) architecture
	* NetBSD fixes
	* Fix segfault and channel problem with user priv command
	* Add support for bus/chan on i2c raw command
	* Add freeipmi interface support
	* Add remote spd printing
	* Add better detection of linux/compiler.h to config
	* Makefile changes to fix makedistcheck, etc. 

version 1.8.8
	* Fix segfaults in sensor data repository list
	* Fix ipmievd to open interface before daemonizing
	* Fix IPMIv1.5 authtype NONE to ignore supplied password
	* Fix cipher suite display bug in lan print
	* Fix typo in IPMIv2 SOL output when sending break
	* Fix improper LUN handling with Tyan SOL
	* Add LUN support to OpenIPMI interface
	* Add support for Kontron OEM commands
	* Update to Kontron Firmware Update command

version 1.8.7
	* Remove nuclear clause from license
	* Add Sun OEM command for blades
	* Increase argument size for raw commands in shell/exec
	* Fix handling of LUNs for LAN interfaces
	* Add IPMIv2 SOL loopback test
	* Add support for IBM OEM SEL messages
	* Disable file paranoia checks on read files by default
	* Support IPMIv2 SOL on older Intel boxes
	* Display message and exit if keepalive fails during SOL
	* Add support for setting VLAN id and priority
	* Add support for FreeBSD OpenIPMI-compatible driver
	* Add support for IPMIv2 Firmware Firewall
	* Fix gcc4 compile warnings
	* Make ipmievd generate pidfile
	* Add initscripts for ipmievd

version 1.8.6
	* Fix memory corruption when sending encrypted SOL traffic
	* Add keepalive timer to IPMIv2 SOL sessions

version 1.8.5
	* Add support for settable SOL escape character with -e option
	* Add support for Kg BMC key for IPMIv2 authentication with -k option
	* Add support for Tyan IPMIv1.5 SOL with tsol command
	* Add support for PICMG devices
	* Add support for OEM SEL event parsing
	* Add support for command bridging over lan and lanplus interfaces
	* New 'chassis selftest' command
	* Many bufxies and patches from contributors

version 1.8.3
	* Add support for 'sel readraw' and 'sel writeraw' commands.
	* Add support for entering NetFn as a string for RAW commands.
	* Add support for appending distro tag to integrated RPM builds.
	* Fix LAN parameter printing to handle Invalid Data Field response
	without errors.
	* Add 5ms delay to IPMIv2 SOL retry packets
	* IPMIv2 interface will now correctly set session privilege level
	to requested level after session is opened.

version 1.8.2 (released May 18 2005)
	* Fix FRU reading for large (>255 bytes) areas.
	* Overhaul to ipmievd to support SEL polling in addition to OpenIPMI.
	* Fix LAN parameter segfault when no Ciphers supported by BMC.
	* Fix IPMIv2 support on Intel v2 BMCs (use -o intelplus).
	* Separate option parsing code from main ipmitool source file.
	* Add raw I2C support with IPMI Master Read-Write command.
	* Add support for new 'sdr elist' extended output format.
	* Add support for listing sensors by type with 'sdr type' command.
	* Add support for new 'sel elist' extended output format that
	  cross-references events with sensors.
	* Add support for sending dynamically generated platform events
	  based on existing sensor information.
	* New '-S' argument to read local SDR cache created with 'sdr dump'.
	* Updated manpage for ipmitool and ipmievd.

version 1.8.1
	* ipmievd installs in /usr/sbin

version 1.8.0
	* Fix IPMIv2.0 issues
	* Fix chassis boot parameter support
	* Add support for linear sensors

version 1.7.1
	* Update bmc plugin to work with new Solaris bmc driver (new ioctl
	  for interface detection and new STREAMS message-based interface)

version 1.7.0
	* Propogate errors correctly so exit status will be useful
	* More consistent display of errors including completion code text
	* Errors and debug is send to stderr now
	* New "sel get" command that will print details about SEL entry
	  and corresponding SDR records as well as FRUs via entity association
	* Improved event generator, now supports reading events from text file
	* New "-o oemtype" option for specifying OEM boards
	  exsting types are "supermicro" and "intelwv2"
	* New PEF subsystem from Tim Murphy at Dell
	* New "bmc" plugin for Solaris 10 x86
	* Many bugfixes and contributed patches

version 1.6.2
	* Support for Supermicro BMC OEM authentication method

version 1.6.1
	* Fix minor problem with LAN parameter setting

version 1.6.0
	* Add a README file
	* Add Solaris x86 interface plugin
	* Add support for building Solaris packages
	* Fix segfault when doing "sel list" (from Matthew Braithwaite)
	* Fix "chassis identify" on some BMCs (from ebrower@sourceforge)
	* Add command "bmc info" and related output (from ebrower@sourceforge)
	* Add support for IPMIv2 and Serial-over-LAN from Jeremy at Newisys
	* Add support for building RPMs as non-root user
	* Add new "shell" and "exec" commands
	* Lots of other contributed patches

version 1.5.9
	* Add ability to get a particular sensor by name
	* Add ability to set a particular sensor threshold
	* Add support for displaying V2 channel authentication levels
	* Add README for rrdtool scripts in contrib directory
	* Improve lan interface retry handling
	* Support prompting for password or reading from environment
	* Move chaninfo command into channel subcommand
	* Fix reservation ID handling when two sessions open to BMC
	* Fix reading of large FRU data
	* Add configure option for changing binary to ipmiadm for Solaris
	* Fix compile problem on Solaris 8

version 1.5.8
	* Enable static compilation of interfaces
	* Fix types to be 64-bit safe
	* Fix compilation problems on Solaris
	* Fix multiple big-endian problems for Solaris/SPARC
	* Fix channel access to save settings to NVRAM
	* Set channel privilege limit to ADMIN during "access on"
	* Enable gratuitous ARP in bmcautoconf.sh
	* Add support for Linux kernel panic messages in SEL output
	* Add support for type 3 SDR records

version 1.5.7
	* Add IPMIv1.5 eratta fixes
	* Additions to FRU printing and FRU multirecords
	* Better handling of SDR printing
	* Contrib scripts for creating rrdtool graphs

version 1.5.6
	* Fix SEL event decoding for generic events
	* Handle empty SEL gracefully when doing "sel list"
	* Fix sdr handling of sensors that do not return a reading
	* Fix for CSV display of sensor readings/units from Fredrik Öhrn

version 1.5.5
	* Add -U option for setting LAN username
	* Fix -v usage for plugin interfaces

version 1.5.4
	* Put interface plugin API into library
	* Fix ipmievd

version 1.5.3
	* Add -g option to work with grizzly bmc

version 1.5.2
	* Add support for setting gratuitous arp interval

version 1.5.1
	* Better SEL support
	* Fix display bug in SDR list

version 1.5.0
	* More robust UDP packet handling
	* Add Intel IMB driver support
	* Use autoconf/automake/libtool