diff --git a/ipmitool/Build-notes b/ipmitool/Build-notes
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+++ b/ipmitool/Build-notes
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+Build Notes
+
+1)   Download ipmitool-1.8.11.tar.gz from  ://xcat.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/xcat/xcat-dep/trunk/ipmitool/pmitool-1.8.11.tar.gz to /tmp/ipmitool directory.
+2)   cd /tmp/ipmitool
+3)   gunzip ipmitool-1.8.11.tar.gz
+4)   tar xvf ipmitool-1.8.11.tar
+5)   Copy ipmitool.spec to /opt/freeware/src/packages/SPECS/
+6)   tar cvf ipmitool-1.8.11.tar ipmitool-1.8.11
+7)   gzip ipmitool-1.8.11.tar
+8)   Copy ipmitool-1.8.11.tar.gz to /opt/freeware/src/packages/SOURCES
+9)   Copy ipmitool-config.h.in.patch, ipmitool-imbapi.patch , and ipmitool-ipmievd.patch to /usr/src/packages/SOURCES
+10)  cd /usr/src/packages/SPECS
+11)  Run "rpm -bb ipmitool.spec", which creates:
+             /opt/freeware/src/packages/RPMS/ppc/ipmitool-1.8.11-1.aix5.3.ppc.rpm 
+
+NOTE #1 
+HOW TO CREATE THESE PATCHES 
+1) cd /tmp/ipmitool-1.8.11
+2) mkdir a (this directory contains the original file)
+3) Copy original file to "a" subdirectory
+4) Repeat above for directory "b" (this directory contains the changed file)
+5) Copy changed file to "b" subdirectory
+6) cd /tmp/ipmitool-1.8.11
+7) diff -uNr a b > ipmitool.patch
+
+
diff --git a/ipmitool/ipmitool-config.h.in.patch b/ipmitool/ipmitool-config.h.in.patch
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+++ b/ipmitool/ipmitool-config.h.in.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+--- ipmitool-1.8.11/config.h.in	2009-02-26 05:21:35.000000000 +0800
++++ ipmitool-1.8.11_modify/config.h.in	2009-11-18 12:26:40.000000000 +0800
+@@ -211,4 +211,4 @@
+ #endif
+ 
+ /* Define to rpl_malloc if the replacement function should be used. */
+-#undef malloc
++/*#undef malloc*/
diff --git a/ipmitool/ipmitool-imbapi.patch b/ipmitool/ipmitool-imbapi.patch
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+++ b/ipmitool/ipmitool-imbapi.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- ipmitool-1.8.11/src/plugins/imb/imbapi.c	2009-02-26 04:38:53.000000000 +0800
++++ ipmitool-1.8.11_modify/src/plugins/imb/imbapi.c	2009-11-18 12:15:42.000000000 +0800
+@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@
+ #define IMB_DEVICE "/dev/instru/mismic"
+ #else
+ #define IMB_DEVICE "/dev/imb"
++#ifndef EXEC_PAGESIZE
++#define EXEC_PAGESIZE   4096
++#endif
+ #define PAGESIZE EXEC_PAGESIZE
+ #endif
+ 
diff --git a/ipmitool/ipmitool-ipmievd.patch b/ipmitool/ipmitool-ipmievd.patch
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+++ b/ipmitool/ipmitool-ipmievd.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- ipmitool-1.8.11/src/ipmievd.c	2009-02-26 04:38:52.000000000 +0800
++++ ipmitool-1.8.11_modify/src/ipmievd.c	2009-11-18 12:38:52.000000000 +0800
+@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@
+ 
+ #ifdef HAVE_PATHS_H
+ # include <paths.h>
++#ifndef _PATH_VARRUN
++# define _PATH_VARRUN "/var/run/"
++#endif
+ #else
+ # define _PATH_VARRUN "/var/run/"
+ #endif