diff --git a/include/linux/ipmi.h b/include/linux/ipmi.h
index d09fbea..796ca00 100644
--- a/include/linux/ipmi.h
+++ b/include/linux/ipmi.h
@@ -148,6 +148,13 @@
 #define IPMI_BMC_CHANNEL  0xf
 #define IPMI_NUM_CHANNELS 0x10
 
+/*
+ * Used to signify an "all channel" bitmask.  This is more than the
+ * actual number of channels because this is used in userland and
+ * will cover us if the number of channels is extended.
+ */
+#define IPMI_CHAN_ALL     (~0)
+
 
 /*
  * A raw IPMI message without any addressing.  This covers both
@@ -350,18 +357,21 @@
 
 /*
  * When commands come in to the SMS, the user can register to receive
- * them.  Only one user can be listening on a specific netfn/cmd pair
+ * them.  Only one user can be listening on a specific netfn/cmd/chan tuple
  * at a time, you will get an EBUSY error if the command is already
  * registered.  If a command is received that does not have a user
  * registered, the driver will automatically return the proper
- * error.
+ * error.  Channels are specified as a bitfield, use IPMI_CHAN_ALL to
+ * mean all channels.
  */
 int ipmi_register_for_cmd(ipmi_user_t   user,
 			  unsigned char netfn,
-			  unsigned char cmd);
+			  unsigned char cmd,
+			  unsigned int  chans);
 int ipmi_unregister_for_cmd(ipmi_user_t   user,
 			    unsigned char netfn,
-			    unsigned char cmd);
+			    unsigned char cmd,
+			    unsigned int  chans);
 
 /*
  * Allow run-to-completion mode to be set for the interface of
@@ -571,6 +581,36 @@
 #define IPMICTL_UNREGISTER_FOR_CMD	_IOR(IPMI_IOC_MAGIC, 15,	\
 					     struct ipmi_cmdspec)
 
+/*
+ * Register to get commands from other entities on specific channels.
+ * This way, you can only listen on specific channels, or have messages
+ * from some channels go to one place and other channels to someplace
+ * else.  The chans field is a bitmask, (1 << channel) for each channel.
+ * It may be IPMI_CHAN_ALL for all channels.
+ */
+struct ipmi_cmdspec_chans
+{
+	unsigned int netfn;
+	unsigned int cmd;
+	unsigned int chans;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Register to receive a specific command on specific channels.  error values:
+ *   - EFAULT - an address supplied was invalid.
+ *   - EBUSY - One of the netfn/cmd/chans supplied was already in use.
+ *   - ENOMEM - could not allocate memory for the entry.
+ */
+#define IPMICTL_REGISTER_FOR_CMD_CHANS	_IOR(IPMI_IOC_MAGIC, 28,	\
+					     struct ipmi_cmdspec_chans)
+/*
+ * Unregister some netfn/cmd/chans.  error values:
+ *  - EFAULT - an address supplied was invalid.
+ *  - ENOENT - None of the netfn/cmd/chans were found registered for this user.
+ */
+#define IPMICTL_UNREGISTER_FOR_CMD_CHANS _IOR(IPMI_IOC_MAGIC, 29,	\
+					     struct ipmi_cmdspec_chans)
+
 /* 
  * Set whether this interface receives events.  Note that the first
  * user registered for events will get all pending events for the