diff -u -ruN ../ipmitool-1.8.9/configure.in ./configure.in
--- ../ipmitool-1.8.9/configure.in	Wed Mar  7 04:15:35 2007
+++ ./configure.in	Sat Dec 15 19:22:10 2007
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@
 fi
 if test "x$enable_intf_free" = "xyes"; then
 dnl Determine if you got the right FreeIPMI version  
-    AC_MSG_CHECKING([for good libfreeipmi version])
+    AC_MSG_CHECKING([for libfreeipmi version 0.3.0])
     AC_TRY_COMPILE([
 #include <sys/types.h>	/* For size_t */
 #include <stdio.h>	/* For NULL */
@@ -253,13 +253,65 @@
                            0,
                            NULL,
                            0);
-    ], ac_free_version_good=yes,ac_free_version_good=no)
-    AC_MSG_RESULT($ac_free_version_good)
-    if test "x$ac_free_version_good" = "xyes"; then
+    ], ac_free_version_0_3_0=yes,ac_free_version_0_3_0=no)
+    AC_MSG_RESULT($ac_free_version_0_3_0)
+    AC_MSG_CHECKING([for libfreeipmi version 0.4.0])
+    AC_TRY_COMPILE([
+#include <sys/types.h>	/* For size_t */
+#include <stdio.h>	/* For NULL */
+#include <freeipmi/freeipmi.h>
+#include <freeipmi/udm/ipmi-udm.h>
+    ], [
+    ipmi_device_t dev = NULL;
+    int rv;
+    dev = ipmi_device_create();
+    rv = ipmi_open_inband(dev,
+                          IPMI_DEVICE_KCS,
+                          0,
+                          0,
+                          0,
+                          NULL,
+                          0);
+    ], ac_free_version_0_4_0=yes,ac_free_version_0_4_0=no)
+    AC_MSG_RESULT($ac_free_version_0_4_0)
+
+    AC_MSG_CHECKING([for libfreeipmi version 0.5.0])
+    AC_TRY_COMPILE([
+#include <sys/types.h>	/* For size_t */
+#include <stdio.h>	/* For NULL */
+#include <freeipmi/freeipmi.h>
+#include <freeipmi/udm/ipmi-udm.h>
+    ], [
+    ipmi_device_t dev = NULL;
+    int rv;
+    dev = ipmi_device_create();
+    rv = ipmi_open_inband(dev,
+                          IPMI_DEVICE_KCS,
+                          0,
+                          0,
+                          0,
+                          NULL,
+                          0,
+                          0);
+    ], ac_free_version_0_5_0=yes,ac_free_version_0_5_0=no)
+    AC_MSG_RESULT($ac_free_version_0_5_0)
+
+    if test "x$ac_free_version_0_3_0" = "xyes" \
+       || test "x$ac_free_version_0_4_0" = "xyes" \
+       || test "x$ac_free_version_0_5_0" = "xyes"; then
        AC_DEFINE(IPMI_INTF_FREE, [1], [Define to 1 to enable FreeIPMI interface.])
        AC_SUBST(INTF_FREE, [free])
        AC_SUBST(INTF_FREE_LIB, [libintf_free.la])
        IPMITOOL_INTF_LIB="$IPMITOOL_INTF_LIB free/libintf_free.la"
+       if test "x$ac_free_version_0_3_0" = "xyes"; then
+          AC_DEFINE(IPMI_INTF_FREE_VERSION_0_3_0, [1], [Define to 1 for FreeIPMI 0.3.0.])
+       fi
+       if test "x$ac_free_version_0_4_0" = "xyes"; then
+          AC_DEFINE(IPMI_INTF_FREE_VERSION_0_4_0, [1], [Define to 1 for FreeIPMI 0.4.0.])
+       fi
+       if test "x$ac_free_version_0_5_0" = "xyes"; then
+          AC_DEFINE(IPMI_INTF_FREE_VERSION_0_5_0, [1], [Define to 1 for FreeIPMI 0.5.0.])
+       fi
     else
        enable_intf_free=no
     fi
diff -u -ruN ../ipmitool-1.8.9/src/plugins/free/free.c ./src/plugins/free/free.c
--- ../ipmitool-1.8.9/src/plugins/free/free.c	Fri Feb 23 00:17:46 2007
+++ ./src/plugins/free/free.c	Sat Dec 15 19:22:10 2007
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
                 return -1;
         }
 
+#if IPMI_INTF_FREE_VERSION_0_3_0
         if (!(dev = ipmi_open_inband (IPMI_DEVICE_KCS,
                                       0,
                                       0,
@@ -74,19 +75,80 @@
                         goto cleanup;
                 }
         }
+#elif IPMI_INTF_FREE_VERSION_0_4_0
+        if (!(dev = ipmi_device_create())) {
+                perror("ipmi_open_inband()");
+                goto cleanup;
+        }
+        if (ipmi_open_inband (dev,
+                              IPMI_DEVICE_KCS,
+                              0,
+                              0,
+                              0,
+                              NULL,
+                              IPMI_FLAGS_DEFAULT) < 0) {
+                if (ipmi_open_inband (dev,
+                                      IPMI_DEVICE_SSIF,
+                                      0,
+                                      0,
+                                      0,
+                                      NULL,
+                                      IPMI_FLAGS_DEFAULT) < 0) {
+                       fprintf(stderr, 
+                               "ipmi_open_inband(): %s\n",
+                               ipmi_device_strerror(ipmi_device_errnum(dev)));
+                       goto cleanup;
+                }
+        }
+#elif IPMI_INTF_FREE_VERSION_0_5_0
+        if (!(dev = ipmi_device_create())) {
+                perror("ipmi_open_inband()");
+                goto cleanup;
+        }
+        if (ipmi_open_inband (dev,
+                              IPMI_DEVICE_KCS,
+                              0,
+                              0,
+                              0,
+                              NULL,
+                              0,
+                              IPMI_FLAGS_DEFAULT) < 0) {
+                if (ipmi_open_inband (dev,
+                                      IPMI_DEVICE_SSIF,
+                                      0,
+                                      0,
+                                      0,
+                                      NULL,
+                                      0,
+                                      IPMI_FLAGS_DEFAULT) < 0) {
+                       fprintf(stderr, 
+                               "ipmi_open_inband(): %s\n",
+                               ipmi_device_strerror(ipmi_device_errnum(dev)));
+                       goto cleanup;
+                }
+        }
+#endif
 
 	intf->opened = 1;
 	return 0;
  cleanup:
-        if (dev)
+        if (dev) {
                 ipmi_close_device(dev);
+#if IPMI_INTF_FREE_VERSION_0_4_0
+                ipmi_device_destroy(dev);
+#endif
+        }
         return -1;
 }
 
 static void ipmi_free_close(struct ipmi_intf * intf)
 {
-        if (dev)
+        if (dev) {
                 ipmi_close_device(dev);
+#if IPMI_INTF_FREE_VERSION_0_4_0
+                ipmi_device_destroy(dev);
+#endif
+        }
 	intf->opened = 0;
 }
 
@@ -132,7 +194,13 @@
                                    req->msg.data_len + 1,
                                    rs_buf, 
                                    rs_buf_len)) < 0) {
+#if IPMI_INTF_FREE_VERSION_0_3_0
                 perror("ipmi_cmd_raw");
+#elif IPMI_INTF_FREE_VERSION_0_4_0
+                fprintf(stderr,
+                        "ipmi_cmd_raw: %s\n",
+                        ipmi_device_strerror(ipmi_device_errnum(dev)));
+#endif
                 return NULL;
         }