Re: SMU-base PowerMac and server_mode

[Romain Goyet <r.goyet@gmail.com>]

Hi Ben,

So, I'm coming back to you about setting "server_mode" on SMU-based
PPC machines. You know, so that the machine reboots after a power
failure. Would you have a little time now ? Thanks a lot !

 - Romain


On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 11:51 AM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt
<benh@kernel.crashing.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-10-06 at 12:31 +0200, Romain Goyet wrote:
>> Hi Benjamin !
>>
>>
>> =C2=A0 Actually I saw a post where you mentioned this tool on Google. I
>> then searched it for like an hour or so, but really couldn't find it.
>> That's why I ended up posting on this mailing list. I'm really glad
>> you're on it by the way ! Anyway, like I said : I really looked for
>> this tool, but couldn't find it=E2=80=A6
>
> Hrm... ok. I'll have to figure it out again. No time right now, but
> get back to me next month after Kernel Summit and I'll see what i can
> do.
>
> Cheers,
> Ben.
>
>>
>> Thanks a lot !
>>
>>
>> =C2=A0- Romain
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 12:11 PM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt
>> <benh@kernel.crashing.org> wrote:
>>
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 On Tue, 2009-10-06 at 11:16 +0200, Romain Go=
yet wrote:
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 > Hi there,
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 >
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 >
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 > =C2=A0 I have this Quad G5 here, running G=
entooPPC64. Runs fine.
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Had a hard
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 > time getting it to boot without a screen a=
ttached, but I
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 eventually
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 > managed to (yaboot was the culprit). Howev=
er, this machine
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 is
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 > SMU-based, and I couldn't find a way to en=
able the
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 equivalent of the
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 > PMU's "server_mode" (i.e. automatically re=
boot after a power
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 failure).
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 > Is there any known way to do that ?
>>
>>
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 I'm pretty sure I reverse engineered the nec=
essary command a
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 while back
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 and somebody wrote a userland tool to set it=
, but I can't find
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 it
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 anymore :-)
>>
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Google may help. Let me know if you can't fi=
nd it.
>>
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Cheers,
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Ben.
>>
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