Hi Mike, > Can this create a problem with freeipmi?
It shouldn't. The wierd question is why it worked before but not now. Could you run the .tar.gz I sent you earlier with the debug instructions? That will get us more information. Thanks, Al -- Albert Chu [EMAIL PROTECTED] 925-422-5311 Computer Scientist High Performance Systems Division Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ----- Original Message ----- From: "Spangler, Mike T" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 2:27 pm Subject: RE: freeipmi s/w status on problem "ipmi_open_inband no such device" > Anand - > > I checked HP's changes to the BIOS from V4.06 to 4.07 and the only > change they've reported is: > > "Updated the SMBIOS IPMI table entry Type 38 to indicate the BMC > deviceas "KCS" (Keyboard Controller Style) interface device" > > Can this create a problem with freeipmi? > > Do you have any other things to try in order to give HP a better > idea as to what the problem is here? > > By the way, HP uses a Qlogic IPMI chipset. > > Thanks for your help, > > Mike > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Anand Babu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 6:14 PM > To: Albert Chu > Cc: Spangler, Mike T; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; GNU FreeIPMI Users > Subject: Re: freeipmi s/w status on problem "ipmi_open_inband no such > device" > > ,----[ Albert Chu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > | I've emailed you in the past about ipmi & powerman issues. We > | have a problem with our HP DL145 G1's running your freeipmi > | software. Strangely enough, when we updated from BIOS firmware 4.06 > | to 4.07, freeipmi stopped working. The error is exactly like that > | (including ipmi-locate output) previously reported by Rene Salmon of > | Tulane U. > | See > | below for your response: > | > | Hey Rene, > | > | Thanks. That verifies atleast why it's failing. > | > | /* At this point we only support SYSTEM_IO, i.e. inb/outb style IO. > | If we cant find the bass address, we better exit. -- Anand Babu */ > | if (dev->io.inband.locate_info.addr_space_id != > | IPMI_ADDRESS_SPACE_ID_SYSTEM_IO) > | { > | errno = ENODEV; > | return (-1); > | } > | > | The IBM's use memory mapped io. This is the first machine (that > | I've seen) with memory mapped rather than port based i/o for in-band > | IPMI. > | > | A.B., Bala I'll leave this to you to follow up on. Needless to say, > | this needs to be fixed. I think logically it shouldn't be too hard > | to add? Just need to map some INB/OUTB calls into read/writes? I > | could give it a shot, but I lack a machine to test on. > | > | Al > | > | > | We would like to know if you are still in the process of fixing this > | problem or if the fix has already been made. > | > | Thanks for your help. Other than this current problem, we have had > | verygood luck with the stability of freeipmi and are quite pleased. > | > | > | Mike Spangler > | Boeing Co. > | 714 372 9999 > `---- > > Mike, > Rene's IBM system had a bug. SMBIOS incorrectly reported KCS interface > as memory-mapped, but it was I/O mapped actually. Also their KCS > interface was not IPMI compliant. Only few commands worked. > > User can override the ipmi-locate driver and pass driver details > manually through command line arguments. > > Bala, please post examples for driver arguments usage. > > -- > Anand Babu > GPG Key ID: 0x62E15A31 > Blog [http://ab.freeshell.org] > The GNU Operating System [http://www.gnu.org] > > Z RESEARCH [http://www.zresearch.com] > A Supercomputing Company. > > _______________________________________________ Freeipmi-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freeipmi-users
