Re: [BISECTED] ipmi_si not loading since 2.6.39

[Nikola Ciprich <nikola.ciprich@linuxbox.cz>]

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> It is working for me on a SuperMicro system with ubuntu oneiric (3.0
> based).

hmm, strange.. I'll try with 3.0.0 on my system.. Could You post Your config please?
thanks!
n.


> 
> [597160.259728] ipmi_si: probing via SMBIOS
> [597160.259730] ipmi_si: SMBIOS: io 0xca2 regsize 1 spacing 1 irq 0
> [597160.259731] ipmi_si: Adding SMBIOS-specified kcs state machine
> [597160.259734] ipmi_si: probing via SPMI
> [597160.259735] ipmi_si: SPMI: io 0xe4 regsize 1 spacing 1 irq 0
> [597160.259737] ipmi_si: Adding SPMI-specified kcs state machine
> [597160.259739] ipmi_si: Trying SMBIOS-specified kcs state machine at
> i/o address 0xca2, slave address 0x0, irq 0
> [597160.378757] ipmi_si: Invalid return from get global enables command,
> cannot enable the event buffer.
> [597160.382032] ipmi_si ipmi_si.0: Found new BMC (man_id: 0x00b980,
> prod_id: 0x0624, dev_id: 0x20)
> [597160.382040] ipmi_si ipmi_si.0: IPMI kcs interface initialized
> [597179.973960] ipmi device interface
> localadm@sandy1:~$ ipmitool bmc info
> Could not open device at /dev/ipmi0 or /dev/ipmi/0 or /dev/ipmidev/0: No
> such file or directory
> Get Device ID command failed
> localadm@sandy1:~$ sudo ipmitool bmc info
> Device ID                 : 32
> Device Revision           : 1
> Firmware Revision         : 1.1
> IPMI Version              : 2.0
> Manufacturer ID           : 47488
> Manufacturer Name         : Unknown (0xB980)
> Product ID                : 1572 (0x0624)
> Product Name              : Unknown (0x624)
> Device Available          : yes
> Provides Device SDRs      : no
> Additional Device Support :
>     Sensor Device
>     SDR Repository Device
>     SEL Device
>     FRU Inventory Device
>     IPMB Event Receiver
>     IPMB Event Generator
>     Chassis Device
> Aux Firmware Rev Info     :
>     0x06
>     0x00
>     0x00
>     0x00
> localadm@sandy1:~$ uname -a
> Linux sandy1 3.0.0-16-generic #28-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 27 17:44:39 UTC
> 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> 
> Rob
> 
> > nik
> > 
> > 
> > On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 12:38:33AM +0200, Nikola Ciprich wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I was trying to find out why IPMI stopped working on new kernels. Since 2.6.39
> >> module loading ends with following message:
> >>
> >>  ipmi_si: Interface detection failed
> >>
> >> Then ipmitool is unable to control IPMI device. 
> >>
> >> Works for 2.6.38, doesn't work for 2.6.39, 3.0.28, 3.4-rc1.
> >>
> >> I got this bisected to following commit:
> >>
> >> commit a1e9c9dd3383e6a1a762464ad604b1081774dbda
> >> Author: Rob Herring <rob.herring@calxeda.com>
> >> Date:   Wed Feb 23 15:37:59 2011 -0600
> >>
> >>     ipmi: convert OF driver to platform driver
> >>     
> >>     of_bus is deprecated in favor of the plain platform bus. This patch
> >>     merges the ipmi OF driver with the existing platform driver.
> >>     
> >>     CONFIG_PPC_OF occurrances are removed or replaced with CONFIG_OF.
> >>     
> >>     Compile tested with and without CONFIG_OF. Tested OF probe and
> >>     default probe cases.
> >>     
> >>     Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <rob.herring@calxeda.com>
> >>     Signed-off-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
> >>
> >> I wonder whether this is a bug, or I'm doing something wrong?
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance!
> >>
> >> with best regards
> >>
> >> nik
> >>
> >>
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