On 02/05/2010 04:08 PM, Corey Minyard wrote: > Jan Safranek wrote: >> On 02/04/2010 09:06 PM, Corey Minyard wrote: >>> Jan Safranek wrote: >>>> On 02/04/2010 03:41 PM, Corey Minyard wrote: >>>>> IIRC, the address in question is 0xc2, and the from below the >>>>> address of >>>>> the local card is 0xc2. So if the SDR has the wrong address, it's not >>>>> going to work. >>>> >>>> It could work if ipmitool knows the local address. My question is, how >>>> to get it from /dev/ipmi? Both IPMICTL_GET_MY_ADDRESS_CMD and >>>> IPMICTL_GET_MY_CHANNEL_ADDRESS_CMD (with channel 0xf) return 0x20. I >>>> want 0xc2... Do I really have to parse /dev/ipmi/*/params? >>> You need to use channel 0, not channel 0xf. a slave address is >>> meaningless with channel 0xf. I just tested it and it works fine for me >>> with IPMICTL_GET_MY_ADDRESS_CMD and IPMICTL_GET_MY_CHANNEL_ADDRESS with >>> channel 0. >> >> IPMICTL_GET_MY_CHANNEL_ADDRESS_CMD with channel 0 returns 0, not 0xc2 >> :(. For various channels I get the same values as in /proc/ipmi/0/ipmb: >> 0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 >> >> Any idea what can be wrong/how to debug it? Can it be a bug in kernel? >> Thanks in advance! >> >> Jan >> > But /dev/ipmi/0/params says 0xc2 as the address? That is bizarre. > > The slave address value from /proc/ipmi/*/params is what is passed > directly in the ipmi_register_smi(), which is directly set as the slave > address for channel 0. So unless something calls the set address ioctl, > I don't see how that could be broken. Is it possible to boot and not run > any IPMI programs? Or, probably easier, the add/remove hotmod interface > I described in an earlier email could be used to remove then re-add the > interface. Is it still wrong then? > > Also, what kernel are you using? Is it unmodified from k.org?
No, as I wrote, it's RHEL 5.4 - 2.6.18 + lot of patches. Today I've tested Fedora 12 flavor of 2.6.31.5 and I get correct data with IPMICTL_GET_MY_ADDRESS_CMD. That means there must something wrong in RHEL kernel... I'll pass it to appropriate guys. Thanks a lot for your help! Jan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com _______________________________________________ Ipmitool-devel mailing list Ipmitool-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ipmitool-devel
