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Date:      Sat, 28 Apr 2018 14:56:14 +0100
From:      Mark Blackman <mark@exonetric.com>
To:        "Peter G." <freebsd@disroot.org>
Cc:        freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Can we please finally solve Dell's racadm for FreeBSD? Advice needed
Message-ID:  <A484062E-E7F0-4747-BD9F-1462255118F3@exonetric.com>
In-Reply-To: <5eca3020-4b9c-dd43-8cf0-066d63a92521@disroot.org>
References:  <5eca3020-4b9c-dd43-8cf0-066d63a92521@disroot.org>

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> On 28 Apr 2018, at 14:39, Peter G. <freebsd@disroot.org> wrote:
>=20
> Dear everybody,
>=20
> regarding: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D201799
>=20
> would somebody knowledgeable be kind enough to advice and/or help with
> bringing Dell racadm client/tools to FreeBSD? What is the problem with
> ipmi enumeration Dan mentioned on his commit? What is in the first =
place
> desired is local access to local hardware via standard racadm client.
> Local management is the "big kahuna" here.
>=20
> There were several attempts over the years, yet everything waned away
> without any solid results. Dell hardware is constantly mentioned on =
the
> lists or in the forums, so clearly many of us use it. I myself manage
> several Dell servers. The lack of local racadm for FreeBSD is daring.
>=20
> On my own and out of my pocket I will offer 50 EUR in Bitcoin to =
anybody
> who will solve the problem, i.e. provide a working racadm client which
> can access and manage local hardware. Of course anybody else is =
welcome
> to chime in. I am willing to put that in escrow with a trusted member =
of
> the community. Please let me know what to do.

A kind offer, and much better than nothing. I think more like Nx1000 =
Euros=20
cash would be a more realistic offer.  Maybe a kickstarter campaign or =
similar
to fund it? If all the Dell server managers clubbed together, I bet they =
could
easily find that much.  Alternately persuade the FreeBSD foundation to =
put their
focus behind it.

- Mark=



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