Re: [Freeipmi-users] problem with installing freeipmi

[Albert Chu]

> Are my assumptions correct and am i on the right track

They sound pretty much ok to me.

> ALso is there a design document for the freeipmi drivers. 

I don't think any of us have gotten around to writing something really
good yet.  If you take a look at the 'bmc-watchdog' tool though, I think
you can get a good feel of API calls that need to be called.

> But bmc-info does not work, it hangs infinitely...

There have been a lot of fixes in the mainline CVS versino of FreeIPMI.
 Could you perhaps try that one out really quick?

Al

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----- Original Message -----
From: prasanna venkatesan <address@hidden>
Date: Thursday, September 15, 2005 10:34 pm
Subject: Re: [Freeipmi-users] problem with installing freeipmi

> hi
> I was reading through some of the posts in the mailing list...
> It struck me i should explain what i am trying to do..just to 
> ensure that i 
> am not totally on the wrong track.
> I am attempting to write a management application using FREEIPMI 
> drivers.My understanding was that if i have a pc having an intel 
> motherboard then i 
> can use the ipmi drivers( As right now i dont have access to a 
> server..). i 
> was intending to use the kcs interface style and talk with the 
> keyboard 
> using the freeipmi drivers.
> Are my assumptions correct and am i on the right track
> ALso is there a design document for the freeipmi drivers. 
> I have installed the freeipmi 0.1.3 version in linux kernel version 
> 2.4.20-8. 
> The installation did not give me any errors.
> But bmc-info does not work, it hangs infinitely...
> The current system is on a LAN network, should i configure my linux 
> installation as a server and not a workstation for me to use 
> freeipmi 
> drivers..
> kindly clarify my doubts ...
> thanks
> Prasanna
> 
> 
> On 9/16/05, prasanna venkatesan <address@hidden> wrote:
> > 
> > hi albert
> > freeipmi version 0.1.3.
> > tried it in both the following kernels.
> > 2.4.20-8, 2.6.10
> > In both i get the same errors.
> > I thought this was the latest release of IPMI
> > thanks
> > Prasanna
> > 
> > On 9/15/05, Albert Chu <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > 
> > > Hi Prasanna,
> > > 
> > > What version did you install?
> > > 
> > > Al
> > > 
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> > > Albert Chu
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> > > 
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: prasanna venkatesan < address@hidden>
> > > Date: Thursday, September 15, 2005 6:46 am
> > > Subject: [Freeipmi-users] problem with installing freeipmi
> > > 
> > > > hi
> > > > I installed the freeipmi as well as the guile utility ver 1.6.7
> > > > i ran both the guile check as well as freeipmi check.
> > > > All the tests were succesful and i didnt get any installation 
> errors.> > > when i ran bmc-info for the first time... i got a 
> message similar to 
> > > > the following..
> > > > "freeshell creating" ... the content was similar to this 
> though not
> > > > the format.. it then hung..
> > > > The next time i tried running it, it just hung indefinitely..
> > > > kindly help.. 
> > > > thanks in advance..
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > prasanna
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> > 
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> > prasanna 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> prasanna
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