> Are my assumptions correct and am i on the right track They sound pretty much ok to me.
> ALso is there a design document for the freeipmi drivers. I don't think any of us have gotten around to writing something really good yet. If you take a look at the 'bmc-watchdog' tool though, I think you can get a good feel of API calls that need to be called. > But bmc-info does not work, it hangs infinitely... There have been a lot of fixes in the mainline CVS versino of FreeIPMI. Could you perhaps try that one out really quick? Al -- Albert Chu [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ----- Original Message ----- From: prasanna venkatesan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, September 15, 2005 10:34 pm Subject: Re: [Freeipmi-users] problem with installing freeipmi > hi > I was reading through some of the posts in the mailing list... > It struck me i should explain what i am trying to do..just to > ensure that i > am not totally on the wrong track. > I am attempting to write a management application using FREEIPMI > drivers.My understanding was that if i have a pc having an intel > motherboard then i > can use the ipmi drivers( As right now i dont have access to a > server..). i > was intending to use the kcs interface style and talk with the > keyboard > using the freeipmi drivers. > Are my assumptions correct and am i on the right track > ALso is there a design document for the freeipmi drivers. > I have installed the freeipmi 0.1.3 version in linux kernel version > 2.4.20-8. > The installation did not give me any errors. > But bmc-info does not work, it hangs infinitely... > The current system is on a LAN network, should i configure my linux > installation as a server and not a workstation for me to use > freeipmi > drivers.. > kindly clarify my doubts ... > thanks > Prasanna > > > On 9/16/05, prasanna venkatesan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > hi albert > > freeipmi version 0.1.3. > > tried it in both the following kernels. > > 2.4.20-8, 2.6.10 > > In both i get the same errors. > > I thought this was the latest release of IPMI > > thanks > > Prasanna > > > > On 9/15/05, Albert Chu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Prasanna, > > > > > > What version did you install? > > > > > > Al > > > > > > -- > > > Albert Chu > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: prasanna venkatesan < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Date: Thursday, September 15, 2005 6:46 am > > > Subject: [Freeipmi-users] problem with installing freeipmi > > > > > > > hi > > > > I installed the freeipmi as well as the guile utility ver 1.6.7 > > > > i ran both the guile check as well as freeipmi check. > > > > All the tests were succesful and i didnt get any installation > errors.> > > when i ran bmc-info for the first time... i got a > message similar to > > > > the following.. > > > > "freeshell creating" ... the content was similar to this > though not > > > > the format.. it then hung.. > > > > The next time i tried running it, it just hung indefinitely.. > > > > kindly help.. > > > > thanks in advance.. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > prasanna > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Freeipmi-users mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freeipmi-users > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > prasanna > > > > > -- > prasanna > _______________________________________________ Freeipmi-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freeipmi-users
