David Liontooth wrote: > On an Intel Server Board SE7525GP2, with a National PC87431M > mini-Baseboard Management Controller, I patched 2.6.16 with the latest, > built the components as modules, and inserted them with this result in > dmesg: > > ipmi device interface > i2c /dev entries driver > IPMI SMB Interface driver > ipmi_smb: DMI specifies SSIF @ 0x42 > ipmi_smb: DMI specifies slave address at 0x84 > IPMI System Interface driver. > ipmi_si: Unable to find any System Interface(s) > IPMI Watchdog: driver initialized > Copyright (C) 2004 MontaVista Software - IPMI Powerdown via sys_reboot. > i6300ESB timer: initialized (0xf8828800). heartbeat=30 sec (nowayout=0) > > I'm not sure why this i6300esb driver inserts and gives a positive > receipt -- I didn't think I had that chip. > At any rate, inserting ipmi_si fails: > > kobject_register failed for ipmi_si (-17) > [<c0249cf2>] kobject_register+0x5b/0x63 > [<c029d58b>] bus_add_driver+0x5e/0x137 > [<f8d5d0c8>] init_ipmi_si+0x32/0x828 [ipmi_si] > [<c012f322>] kthread_stop_sem+0x85/0xb3 > [<c01353d1>] sys_init_module+0x16c/0x1bff > [<c027ffbf>] tty_default_put_char+0x2b/0x2f > [<c0122362>] __request_region+0x0/0x86 > [<c0115a95>] __wake_up+0x32/0x43 > [<c0281681>] tty_write+0x1c9/0x21b > [<c0284bf8>] write_chan+0x0/0x338 > [<c015984c>] vfs_write+0x133/0x19b > [<c015a1e2>] sys_write+0x4b/0x74 > [<c0102cdd>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb > init_ipmi_si: Unable to register driver: -17 > > Is it ipmi_si that creates the device nodes? Suggestions for getting > this to work? Or don't I need ipmi_si? > > My mistake -- of course I have the 6300esb watchdog, and I need i2c_i801. The BMC is now detected, but I'm still not getting device nodes:
i2c /dev entries driver ipmi message handler version 39.0 IPMI SMB Interface driver ipmi_smb: DMI specifies SSIF @ 0x42 ipmi_smb: DMI specifies slave address at 0x84 ipmi: Found new BMC (man_id: 0x000322, prod_id: 0x4311, dev_id: 0x20) i6300ESB timer: initialized (0xf882e800). heartbeat=30 sec (nowayout=0) Copyright (C) 2004 MontaVista Software - IPMI Powerdown via sys_reboot. IPMI poweroff: Found a chassis style poweroff function IPMI Watchdog: Unable to register misc device IPMI Watchdog: driver initialized IPMI System Interface driver. ipmi_si: Unable to find any System Interface(s) kobject_register failed for ipmi_si (-17) [<c0249cf2>] kobject_register+0x5b/0x63 [<c029d58b>] bus_add_driver+0x5e/0x137 [<f8d3e0c8>] init_ipmi_si+0x32/0x828 [ipmi_si] [<c012f322>] kthread_stop_sem+0x85/0xb3 [<c01353d1>] sys_init_module+0x16c/0x1bff [<c027ffbf>] tty_default_put_char+0x2b/0x2f [<c0122362>] __request_region+0x0/0x86 [<c0115a95>] __wake_up+0x32/0x43 [<c0281681>] tty_write+0x1c9/0x21b [<c0284bf8>] write_chan+0x0/0x338 [<c015984c>] vfs_write+0x133/0x19b [<c015a1e2>] sys_write+0x4b/0x74 [<c0102cdd>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb init_ipmi_si: Unable to register driver: -17 ipmi_devintf 9736 0 ipmi_watchdog 18628 0 ipmi_poweroff 8996 0 i6300esb 7448 0 ipmi_smb 17284 2 ipmi_msghandler 35904 4 ipmi_devintf,ipmi_watchdog,ipmi_poweroff,ipmi_smb i2c_i801 9648 1 i2c_dev 9632 0 i2c_core 26752 3 ipmi_smb,i2c_i801,i2c_dev What's the status of the BMC merge? Dave 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation E7525 Memory Controller Hub (rev 0a) 0000:00:00.1 ff00: Intel Corporation E7525/E7520 Error Reporting Registers (rev 0a) 0000:00:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation E7525/E7520/E7320 PCI Express Port A (rev 0a) 0000:00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation E7525/E7520/E7320 PCI Express Port A1 (rev 0a) 0000:00:04.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation E7525/E7520 PCI Express Port B (rev 0a) 0000:00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6300ESB 64-bit PCI-X Bridge (rev 02) 0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 6300ESB USB Universal Host Controller (rev 02) 0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 6300ESB USB Universal Host Controller (rev 02) 0000:00:1d.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 6300ESB Watchdog Timer (rev 02) 0000:00:1d.5 PIC: Intel Corporation 6300ESB I/O Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (rev 02) 0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 6300ESB USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 02) 0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 0a) 0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 6300ESB LPC Interface Controller (rev 02) 0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 6300ESB PATA Storage Controller (rev 02) 0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 6300ESB SMBus Controller (rev 02) 0000:04:02.0 RAID bus controller: 3ware Inc 9xxx-series SATA-RAID 0000:05:02.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL (rev 27) 0000:05:03.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82541GI/PI Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 05) 0000:05:05.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c940 10/100/1000Base-T [Marvell] (rev 10) ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Openipmi-developer mailing list Openipmi-developer@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openipmi-developer
