freeipmi patch for HP moonshot ARM cartridges with I2c

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Installed the package that dannf provided and ran the exact same command that works for Shashi with his version of freeipmi+patches:

ubuntu@c3n3:~$ sudo bmc-info --no-probing --driver-type=SSIF --driver-address=0x10 --driver-device=/dev/i2c-2 --get-device-id --debug
=====================================================
Get Device ID Request
=====================================================
SSIF Header:
------------
[ 0h] = lun[ 2b]
[ 6h] = net_fn[ 6b]
IPMI Command Data:
------------------
[ 1h] = cmd[ 8b]
ipmi_cmd_get_device_id: internal system error
ubuntu@c3n3:~$

OK, turns out it was a firmware setting that Manoj was missing in the previous comment.

On a system with the correct setting, this is what freeipmi shows w/o my branch:
root@ubuntu:/home/ubuntu# bmc-info --no-probing --driver-type=SSIF --driver-address=0x10 --driver-device=/dev/i2c-2 --get-device-id
ipmi_cmd_get_device_id: internal system error

And this is with my branch:
root@ubuntu:/home/ubuntu# bmc-info --no-probing --driver-type=SSIF --driver-address=0x10 --driver-device=/dev/i2c-2
Device ID : 20
Device Revision : 0
Device SDRs : supported
Firmware Revision : 1.30
Device Available : yes (normal operation)
IPMI Version : 2.0
Sensor Device : supported
SDR Repository Device : unsupported
SEL Device : supported
FRU Inventory Device : supported
IPMB Event Receiver : unsupported
IPMB Event Generator : supported
Bridge : unsupported
Chassis Device : supported
Manufacturer ID : Hewlett-Packard (11)
Product ID : 8449

System Firmware Version :
System Name : ProLiant m800 Server Cartridge
Primary Operating System Name :
Operating System Name :

Channel Information
Channel Number : 0
Medium Type : IPMB (I2C)
Protocol Type : IPMB-1.0
Active Session Count : 0
Session Support : session-less
Vendor ID : Intelligent Platform Management Interface forum (7154)

dann's work is perfect, as usual - thank you! I see that the current release (1.4.4) that is not yet packaged contains this patch, so cherry-picking should be no issue. Uploaded to Utopic.

This bug was fixed in the package freeipmi - 1.1.5-3ubuntu4

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freeipmi (1.1.5-3ubuntu4) utopic; urgency=medium

  * debian/patches/Retry-ssif-reads-as-needed.patch: Retry SSIF reads
    as needed, LP: #1324992
 -- dann frazier <email address hidden> Fri, 30 May 2014 15:53:06 -0600

Uploaded to Trusty. Now awaiting SRU team approval.

Hello Narinder, or anyone else affected,

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After installing the freeipmi from the proposed repositories, I see the below error

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo bmc-info --no-probing --driver-type=SSIF --driver-address=0x10 --driver-device=/dev/i2c-2 --get-device-id
[sudo] password for ubuntu:
insufficient permission on driver device '/dev/i2c-2'

When I looked into the /dev/ I dont see i2c-2 device.

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ dpkg --list | grep freeipmi
ii freeipmi 1.1.5-3ubuntu3.1 all GNU implementation of the IPMI protocol
ii freeipmi-bmc-watchdog 1.1.5-3ubuntu3.1 armhf GNU implementation of the IPMI protocol - BMC watchdog
ii freeipmi-common 1.1.5-3ubuntu3.1 all GNU implementation of the IPMI protocol - common files
ii freeipmi-ipmidetect 1.1.5-3ubuntu3.1 armhf GNU IPMI - IPMI node detection tool
ii freeipmi-tools 1.1.5-3ubuntu3.1 armhf GNU implementation of the IPMI protocol - tools
ii libfreeipmi12 1.1.5-3ubuntu3.1 armhf GNU IPMI - libraries
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$

Please let me know if I am missing something.

Thanks,
Pradeep.

You need to manual load the i2c-dev driver

Narinder Gupta

Kodamati Pradeep Vinesh Reddy <email address hidden> wrote:

null

I loaded the driver manually, now I see the devices but the command fails with "internal system error. See below

root@ubuntu:~# ls /dev/i2c-*
/dev/i2c-0 /dev/i2c-1 /dev/i2c-2
root@ubuntu:~# bmc-info --no-probing --driver-type=SSIF --driver-address=0x10 --driver-device=/dev/i2c-2 --get-device-id
ipmi_cmd_get_device_id: internal system error

I am seeing the error like mentioned by manoj above comment #4

root@ubuntu:~# bmc-info --no-probing --driver-type=SSIF --driver-address=0x10 --driver-device=/dev/i2c-2 --get-device-id --debug
=====================================================
Get Device ID Request
=====================================================
SSIF Header:
------------
[ 0h] = lun[ 2b]
[ 6h] = net_fn[ 6b]
IPMI Command Data:
------------------
[ 1h] = cmd[ 8b]
ipmi_cmd_get_device_id: internal system error
root@ubuntu:~#

pradeep which node? It needs node 2, 3, and 4 need some extra step as per
shashi. Can you try it node 1 if it is not node one. Otherwise you need to
get the steps from shashi to enabled i2c on those nodes.

Thanks and Regards,
Narinder Gupta (PMP) <email address hidden>
Canonical, Ltd. narindergupta [irc.freenode.net]
+1.281.736.5150 narindergupta2007[skype]

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On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 10:16 PM, Kodamati Pradeep Vinesh Reddy <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> I am seeing the error like mentioned by manoj above comment #4
>
> root@ubuntu:~# bmc-info --no-probing --driver-type=SSIF
> --driver-address=0x10 --driver-device=/dev/i2c-2 --get-device-id --debug
> =====================================================
> Get Device ID Request
> =====================================================
> SSIF Header:
> ------------
> [ 0h] = lun[ 2b]
> [ 6h] = net_fn[ 6b]
> IPMI Command Data:
> ------------------
> [ 1h] = cmd[ 8b]
> ipmi_cmd_get_device_id: internal system error
> root@ubuntu:~#
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1324992
>
> Title:
> freeipmi patch for HP moonshot ARM cartridges with I2c
>
> Status in “freeipmi” package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
> Status in “freeipmi” source package in Trusty:
> Fix Committed
> Status in “freeipmi” package in Debian:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> [Impact]
> freeipmi is unable to reliable communicate with the BMC on ARM HP
> Moonshot cartridges
> [Test Case]
>
> [Regression Potential]
> Should be minimal, given the new code only runs in a case that would've
> previous resulted in a failure.
>
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With the latest firmware all the nodes should work. I think he did not download the correct freeimpi version.

Node 1 works without any changes required to K60.

root@Slaytonc41n1:~# bmc-info --no-probing --driver-type=SSIF --driver-address=0x10 --driver-device=/dev/i2c-2 --get-device-id
Device ID : 20
Device Revision : 0
Device SDRs : supported
Firmware Revision : 1.30
Device Available : yes (normal operation)
IPMI Version : 2.0
Sensor Device : supported
SDR Repository Device : unsupported
SEL Device : supported
FRU Inventory Device : supported
IPMB Event Receiver : unsupported
IPMB Event Generator : supported
Bridge : unsupported
Chassis Device : supported
Manufacturer ID : Hewlett-Packard (11)
Product ID : 8449
root@Slaytonc41n1:~#

The other nodes work only if I do the changes to K60.

Shashi do you know which firmware has the changes?

This bug was fixed in the package freeipmi - 1.1.5-3ubuntu3.1

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freeipmi (1.1.5-3ubuntu3.1) trusty; urgency=medium

  [ dann frazier ]
  * debian/patches/Retry-ssif-reads-as-needed.patch: Retry SSIF reads
    as needed, LP: #1324992
 -- Robie Basak <email address hidden> Thu, 17 Jul 2014 02:14:05 +0000

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