IMO, the old non-bridged behavior should be the default, and the new bridged behavior should require the command-line option, for two reasons: 1) Back-compatible with older ipmitool versions 2) There are probably more cases using non-bridged than using bridged. Unless Bernard Manjou can argue otherwise?
Andy -----Original Message----- From: Jan Safranek [mailto:jsafr...@redhat.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 10:21 AM To: Francois Isabelle Cc: ipmitool-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Ipmitool-devel] Broken sensors on Dell 1855 blade server Hi, I've got many reports from customers that ipmitool 1.8.11 is not reading sensors on their HW, while the older version was working - see quoted mails below. Now I really need to fix it. In [1] you mention "I think that we might generalise the 'PICMG extension' tweak already in the OpenIPMI plugin" - can you please elaborate on that? I am willing to help with the code, if someone explains me what needs to be done. [1]: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=C2866F9FC4CB034EB51A633DF16859860553CE1E%40ssbarcelone.teknor.com&forum_name=ipmitool-devel So far I got an idea to disable bridging by command line option (let's say '-n') and sending all requests to BMC (i.e. using IPMI_SYSTEM_INTERFACE_ADDR_TYPE and IPMI_BMC_CHANNEL), like it was in the old and working version. Of course, the option would work in plugins/open interface, lan and lanplus would work as they are now. What do you say? Is '-n' acceptable solution? Thanks in advance Jan On 06/01/2009 04:44 PM, Isabelle, Francois wrote: > See: > > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=C2866F9FC4CB034EB51A633DF16859860553CE1E%40ssbarcelone.teknor.com&forum_name=ipmitool-devel > > > In a blade server, your IPMC might be a satellite as well. I think, there is > indeed a problem with IPMITOOL due the IPMI spec requiring the IOL address to > be 0x20. > > Are you using IOL ? Otherwise try ipmitool -m<source> -t<target> sensor list > > > François Isabelle | Software Designer | Kontron Canada | T 450 437 5682 |F > 450 437 8053 | E francois.isabe...@ca.kontron.com > > > > -----Message d'origine----- > De : Jan Safranek [mailto:jsafr...@redhat.com] > Envoyé : 1 juin 2009 09:56 > À : ipmitool-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > Objet : [Ipmitool-devel] Broken sensors on Dell 1855 blade server > > ipmitool-1.8.11 does not display sensor threshold on Dell 1855 blade server: > > # ipmitool sensor list > Mem Temp 2 | na | degrees C | na | na | na > | na | na | na | na > > With older version (ipmitool-1.8.9), I can get some values: > # ipmitool sensor list > > Mem Temp 2 | na | degrees C | ok | na | 5.000 | > 10.000 | 75.000 | 80.000 | na > > > I dug into sources and I have found out, that sensor readings were > modified in CVS version 1.33 of lib/ipmi_sensors.c. There are many > similar changes like: > > -rsp = ipmi_sdr_get_sensor_thresholds(intf, sensor->keys.sensor_num); > +rsp = ipmi_sdr_get_sensor_thresholds(intf, sensor->keys.sensor_num, > + sensor->keys.owner_id, sensor->keys.lun); > > > and in ipmi_sdr_get_sensor_thresholds(): > > + save_addr = intf->target_addr; > + intf->target_addr = target; > ...send the message... > + intf->target_addr = save_addr; > > This causes that the messages requesting thresholds are sent to slave > address "c0" (addr_type == IPMI_IPMB_ADDR_TYPE), instead to BMC > directly. Using '-vvv' option prints "Sending request to IPMB target @ > 0xc0" and some errors like "Error reading event status for sensor #07: > Invalid command". > > The old working ipmitool version sends all messages to BMC (i.e. > addr_type = IPMI_SYSTEM_INTERFACE_ADDR_TYPE) and it shows correct > thresholds + event states. > > Why was the code changed? CVS log message says "Bernard Manjou 6/10/08 > patch to include I2c address and LUN so sensors are correctly managed; > updated by BM for v1.8.10", but I have not found much details on the > mailing list. Is the described behavior caused by Dell 1855 weirdness or > is the ipmitool code wrong? I admit I got lost in IPMI 2.0 specification :) > > Jan > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT > is a gathering of tech-side developers& brand creativity professionals. 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