Re: [Freeipmi-users] Re: freeipmi s/w status on problem "ipmi_open_inband no such device"

[Bala.A]

Hi,

Most of freeipmi tools support --no-probing, --driver-type,
--driver-address etc.  Non-standard KCS, SSIF device interface values can
be given using these arguments.

KCS example:
bmc-info --no-probing -D KCS --driver-address=3234

SSIF example:
bmc-info --no-probing -D SSIF --driver-address=66 --driver-device=/dev/i2c-0

Note: --driver-address value is in decimal.

Thanks,

Bala
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> ,----[ Albert Chu <address@hidden> ]
> |   I've emailed you in the past about ipmi & powerman issues.  We
> | have a problem with our HP DL145 G1's running your freeipmi
> | software.  Strangely enough, when we updated from BIOS firmware 4.06
> | to 4.07, freeipmi stopped working.  The error is exactly like that
> | (including ipmi-locate output) previously reported by Rene Salmon of
> | Tulane U.
> | See
> | below for your response:
> |
> | Hey Rene,
> |
> | Thanks.  That verifies atleast why it's failing.
> |
> | /* At this point we only support SYSTEM_IO, i.e. inb/outb style IO.
> |   If we cant find the bass address, we better exit. -- Anand Babu */
> |   if (dev->io.inband.locate_info.addr_space_id !=
> | IPMI_ADDRESS_SPACE_ID_SYSTEM_IO)
> |     {
> |       errno = ENODEV;
> |       return (-1);
> |     }
> |
> | The IBM's use memory mapped io.  This is the first machine (that
> | I've seen) with memory mapped rather than port based i/o for in-band
> | IPMI.
> |
> | A.B., Bala I'll leave this to you to follow up on.  Needless to say,
> | this needs to be fixed.  I think logically it shouldn't be too hard
> | to add?  Just need to map some INB/OUTB calls into read/writes?  I
> | could give it a shot, but I lack a machine to test on.
> |
> | Al
> |
> |
> | We would like to know if you are still in the process of fixing this
> | problem or if the fix has already been made.
> |
> | Thanks for your help.  Other than this current problem, we have had
> | verygood luck with the stability of freeipmi and are quite pleased.
> |
> |
> | Mike Spangler
> | Boeing Co.
> | 714 372 9999
> `----
>
> Mike,
> Rene's IBM system had a bug. SMBIOS incorrectly reported KCS interface
> as memory-mapped, but it was I/O mapped actually. Also their KCS
> interface was not IPMI compliant. Only few commands worked.
>
> User can override the ipmi-locate driver and pass driver details
> manually through command line arguments.
>
> Bala, please post examples for driver arguments usage.
>
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