Hello, Zdenek,

Please, see below.

28.07.2014 15:00, Zdenek Styblik пишет:
> On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 7:39 AM, Dmitry Bazhenov <dim...@pigeonpoint.com> 
> wrote:
>> Hello, Zdenek,
> Hello Dmitry,
>
>> Could you or someone else from the development team comment
>> on the acceptance of the following bugfix/feature patches:
>>
> if I had time to do so, I'd have done it already. And I have no ETA
> when I'll have time to get back to IPMI tool again, at least not now.
Understood.
>
> [...]
>> There have been no comments on them for two months already.
> There have been no activity what so ever for two months already. It
> would be worth to ask why and perhaps start looking for some solution,
> wouldn't it? It's not just patches from Pigeonpoint, but bug reports
> and patches from other users as well.
> I simply don't have any free time left to do this stuff at the moment.
> And forgive me for putting a "hobby" on the back-burner. Perhaps even
> further than that.
> I've also noticed the past couple months a demand for almost an
> enterprise level of response times on code review and integration has
> appeared. I fully understand reasoning behind it and I believe it's
> even good for project itself. I mean, that's great, because it means
> somebody is using it and cares about it(there were couple bug reports
> from other users as well - great!). However, let me put one thing
> straight. It's not going to happen on my side, for free, in my free
> time - *EVER*. I'm not 20 years old student anymore. Sorry.
> I'm open to talk about kickstarter, sponsoring, even being
> hired(although under very, very specific conditions); in order to cut
> on other activities(= job[s]) and shift focus to IPMI tool. This
> project would use at least one full time and vendor independent
> programmer.
> Now, I have a better idea. How about you guys drop this
> I-can't-talk-to-other-guys-because-they're-competitors malarkey and
> start cooperating? And I truly mean cooperating. Also,
> improving/cleaning up/fixing the code itself, not just integrating
> more and more bloat on top of it. How about to convince your managers
> and their managers and so on about this? Linux kernel is being/getting
> done this way, doesn't it? Also, Linus and Greg K.H. are being paid by
> Linux Foundation, so neutrality, or independent mediators, is secured.
> Hopefully, you know what I mean.
> Because I simply can't see other way for this project. Either way,
> somebody has to pay (for dev time). Nothing comes for free.
> Kontron used to have paid developers dedicated to this project, but I
> guess their focus have shifted.
It's all understood. We did our ipmitool bug-fixes on a paid basis too, 
so I understand
your position. I'll pass the response to my employers in order to get 
the plan how to
move patches further.
>
>> Will appreciate any feedback.
> One feedback, though. Fix code formatting, if nothing else. I'm not
> going to do it for you, or anybody else, anymore. It got tiresome
> after 1+ year of doing so; I can do better things than that; and I
> don't have that much of free time to do so(see previous reason).
>
> Sorry for bad news, but reality check was necessary from my point of view.
Nevermind. Thanks for the support anyway, we appreciate it.

On more thing, can you tell if anyone else beside you administrates 
(actively) the project?

Regards,
Dmitry
>
> Best regards,
> Z.
>
>> Regards,
>> Dmitry
>>
>> 16.05.2014 19:33, Zdenek Styblik пишет:
>>
>>> On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 2:55 PM, Dmitry Bazhenov <dim...@pigeonpoint.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> Hello, all,
>>>>
>>>> Can I expect any progress on the posted patches?
>>>>
>>>> With regards,
>>>> Dmitry
>>>>
>>> Sure,
>>>
>>> send over some beers ;)
>>>
>>> Z.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Zdenek Styblik
>>> email: zdenek.styb...@gmail.com
>>> jabber: zdenek.styb...@gmail.com
>>>
>>>> 17.04.2014 17:55, Dmitry Bazhenov пишет:
>>>>
>>>> Hello, ipmitool maintainers,
>>>>
>>>> I would like to submit several patches which adds some new functionality
>>>> into ipmitool, as well as fix some bugs.
>>>>
>>>> 1. [bugs:#305] deferred-activation-fix.diff
>>>>       This patch fixes the ipmitool HPM.1 agent which mis-recognizes the
>>>> deferred activation support and reports invalid deferred firmware image
>>>> version.
>>>>
>>>> 2. [bugs:#306] fru-info-fix.diff
>>>>       This patch removes duplicate output of FRU info #0 when command fru
>>>> print all is sent.
>>>> 3. [bugs:#307] i82751spt-fix.diff
>>>>       This patch adds missing check in the LAN+ implementation for Intel
>>>> i82751 MAC which has known deviations from the IPMI v2.0 specification.
>>>>
>>>> 4. [patches:#94] vita-support.diff
>>>>       This patch adds VITA 46.11 specification support to ipmitool.
>>>>
>>>> 5. [patches:#95] intf-reopen-fix.diff
>>>>      This patch provides a solution how to overcome the architectural
>>>> ipmitool
>>>> drawback which
>>>>      makes impossible to normally (without hacks) close and re-open
>>>> interface.
>>>>
>>>> Please, review.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Dmitry
>>>>
>>>> 31.03.2014 22:28, Dmitry Bazhenov пишет:
>>>>
>>>> Zdenek,
>>>>
>>>> Here is the updated patch.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Dmitry
>>>>
>>>> 31.03.2014 13:37, Dmitry Bazhenov пишет:
>>>>
>>>> Zdenek,
>>>>
>>>> Okay then. I'll provide the updated patch later today.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Dmitry
>>>>
>>>> 31.03.2014 13:34, Zdenek Styblik пишет:
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 9:14 AM, Dmitry Bazhenov <dim...@pigeonpoint.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello, Zdenek,
>>>>
>>>> I think there should be no such checks inside these callbacks.
>>>> However, I guess there should be a check inside thr
>>>> ipmi_intf_set_max_request/response_data_size
>>>> functions which guarantee that the minimum value will be not less than 25
>>>> bytes (required by IPMI spec).
>>>>
>>>> Could you please add such check or is it better for me to provide a new
>>>> patch revision?
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Dmitry
>>>>
>>>> Dmitry,
>>>>
>>>> I don't have access to any IPMI capable hardware, so I'm afraid it's
>>>> either up to you or somebody else. I'm sorry.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> Z.
>>>>
>>>> 31.03.2014 13:07, Zdenek Styblik пишет:
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 6:54 AM, Zdenek Styblik
>>>> <zdenek.styb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 8:33 AM, Dmitry Bazhenov <dim...@pigeonpoint.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> [...]
>>>>
>>>> I got a bit "scared" by solution applied to
>>>> ipmi_intf_get_max_request_data_size() and
>>>> ipmi_intf_get_max_response_data_size(). But then I've tried to compile
>>>> just this one function with all kinds of switches and compiler didn't
>>>> comply, so I guess it's ok.
>>>> I wonder, shouldn't be the same logic applied to
>>>> ipmi_lanp_set_max_rq_data_size() and ipmi_lanp_set_max_rp_data_size()
>>>> as well?
>>>>
>>>> [DB] Calculations in the ipmi_intf_get_max_request_data_size() are
>>>> required
>>>> for the case if the target IPMC device is accessed via IPMI bridging.
>>>> Since
>>>> we can not deduce the target channel maximum message size, we use the
>>>> minimum required size. These calculations are not needed for direct IPMC
>>>> device access.
>>>> [DB] Set max size functions are required if maximum message size over
>>>> the
>>>> chosen interface must be somehow modified from the value received from
>>>> the
>>>> interface properties. This is the case for the encrypted RMCP+ payload
>>>> where
>>>> maximum message size must be reduced by the confidentiality
>>>> header/trailer
>>>> sizes. Other interface types do not even implement these callbacks.
>>>>
>>>> What I meant is whether under/over-flow shouldn't be checked in those
>>>> functions as well.
>>>>
>>>> Ping?
>>>>
>>>> Z.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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