Re: [Freeipmi-devel] Feature Request for FreeIPMI SEL program

[Anand Babu]

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| 
| --append argument sounds incorrect. Instead think with --no-header
| context.
| 
| sel --hex-dump --no-header >> /var/log/sel.hex should do the job.
| Otherwise upon every boot info header gets inserted into hex log.
| 
| On the other hand, with --no-header, there is no header in the hex
| log at all. While reporting to the support, user has to separately
| include --info output.
| 
| I think current implementation is also OK, except that multiple info
| headers gets inserted. These hex files are meant for humans only. So
| no big deal.
| 
| Preparing the release tar ball. Should happen in a hour or two.
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Just ignore my --append or --no-header suggestions. Current
implementation is correct.

Upon every boot when you clear the SEL, the info header gets
updated. We need to record the info header too in the saved 
/var/log/sel.hex.

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Anand Babu
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