From owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Sat Apr 28 14:05:21 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1666FB01B8; Sat, 28 Apr 2018 14:05:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mark@exonetric.com) Received: from relay.exonetric.net (relay0.exonetric.net [178.250.72.161]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 581068AD21; Sat, 28 Apr 2018 14:05:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mark@exonetric.com) Received: from [192.168.10.198] (90.69.187.81.in-addr.arpa [81.187.69.90]) by relay.exonetric.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7F2E42B10B; Sat, 28 Apr 2018 14:56:16 +0100 (BST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 11.3 \(3445.6.18\)) Subject: Re: Can we please finally solve Dell's racadm for FreeBSD? Advice needed From: Mark Blackman In-Reply-To: <5eca3020-4b9c-dd43-8cf0-066d63a92521@disroot.org> Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2018 14:56:14 +0100 Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <5eca3020-4b9c-dd43-8cf0-066d63a92521@disroot.org> To: "Peter G." X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.6.18) X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2018 14:05:21 -0000 > On 28 Apr 2018, at 14:39, Peter G. 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=