Hi Al, I'm adding Fred (the team member I mentioned before) to start discussing more technically. He will argument on mingw interest, and will try to provide a first feedback on what is going wrong.
What I'd like to see emerging is a plan that involve at least you (Al), Fred and I to speed up this port, if we find it can be addressed in a suitable and timely fashion... cheers, Arnaud -- Engineering Linux/Unix Expert - Opensource Solutions Lead - Eaton - http://opensource.eaton.com NUT (Network UPS Tools) Project Leader - http://www.networkupstools.org Debian Developer - http://www.debian.org Free Software Developer - http://arnaud.quette.fr 2012/12/5 Albert Chu <[email protected]> > > It's great to see that this thread is still alive. > > I've some Windows server that are IPMI capable, under the hand. > > And I'm seriously considering the option of a mingw port of FreeIPMI, > > and would be pouring some resources into this effort. > > A member of my team very quickly tried a compilation, but it has been > > so miserably failing that he thrown the towel almost instantly... > > > > So, would you be considering a mingw effort? > > How could we help and synchronize? > > I hadn't heard of mingw until now, so I'll have to look at that at some > point. > > Awhile back I made sure that FreeIPMI would compile under cygwin, but my > Windows box didn't have IPMI and I left it at the "if it compiles, I'll > assume it works" stage. Longer term, I am more interested in it working > "natively". > > I'm very amenable to patches from the community to simply support a > Windows build. We can iterate over them on the mailing list, or if > someone out there wants to discuss steps to move forward before pouring > in effort, that's cool too. > > I guess I'm not entirely sure of the steps in the right direction. I > don't have experience developing Windows applications natively, and w/o > a box to test/play on, I sort of can't start learning/fiddling. > > Al > > > On Wed, 2012-12-05 at 20:10 +0100, Arnaud Quette wrote: > > Hi Albert and the list, > > > > 2012/12/5 Albert Chu <[email protected]> > > Hi Patrick, > > > > > first of all your tool is really awesome. I like the concept > > and > > > respect the effort you guys are putting into development. > > Since > > > Release you are constantly updating this tool and making it > > better. > > > > Thanks > > > > I'm seconding Patrick. And especially you Al, you are doing an awesome > > work with FreeIPMI! > > > > > > > I have one little question. We are having many Windows Based > > Systems > > > here, so there is no chance I can use and benefit from > > freeipmi. So my > > > question is if you have ever considered to do an windows > > version of > > > free ipmi. There is only one tool available “ipmiutil” that > > supports > > > windows, it is also open source, but lacks some relevant > > things. I > > > would be please to use your free ipmi tool on a windows > > machine. > > > > I personally wouldn't mind trying to get FreeIPMI to work in > > Windows, > > however I've never had access to Windows running on an IPMI > > capable > > server. It's something my company just doesn't do. > > > > So I just don't have the capability to do it. I have always > > hoped that > > someone from the community would be able to add support. > > > > It's great to see that this thread is still alive. > > I've some Windows server that are IPMI capable, under the hand. > > And I'm seriously considering the option of a mingw port of FreeIPMI, > > and would be pouring some resources into this effort. > > A member of my team very quickly tried a compilation, but it has been > > so miserably failing that he thrown the towel almost instantly... > > > > So, would you be considering a mingw effort? > > How could we help and synchronize? > > > > cheers, > > Arnaud > > > > -- > > NUT (Network UPS Tools) Project Leader - > > http://www.networkupstools.org > > Debian Developer - http://www.debian.org > > Free Software Developer - http://arnaud.quette.fr > > > -- > Albert Chu > [email protected] > Computer Scientist > High Performance Systems Division > Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory > > >
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