Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 12:37:17 -0800 (PST) From: Doug Ambrisko <ambrisko@ambrisko.com> To: Raymond Sundland <raymond@sundland.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FW: IPMI kernel module errors on 6.x Message-ID: <200611152037.kAFKbHOL009356@ambrisko.com> In-Reply-To: <003401c70754$56a85c30$8478020a@medco.com>
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Raymond Sundland writes: | I purchased a new Supermicro Superserver SS6015B-T (motherboard is X7DBR-E) | about 3 weeks ago with the IPMI module (part called SIMSO) and have had a | hard time getting the IPMI functionality to work in RELENG_6. | | Particularly, when I attempt to 'kldload ipmi' I get the following output in | dmesg: | | ipmi0: <IPMI System Interface> on isa0 | ipmi0: KCS mode found at mem 0xca2 alignment 0x4 on isa | ipmi0: KCS: Failed to start write | ipmi0: KCS Error retry exhausted | ipmi0: KCS: Failed to start write | ipmi0: KCS Error retry exhausted | ipmi0: KCS: Failed to start write | ipmi0: KCS Error retry exhausted | ipmi0: Timed out waiting for GET_DEVICE_ID | | >From the dmesg, it appears it's finding the IPMI device, but unable to | interact with it. Meanwhile, no device shows up in /dev so ipmitool does | not work, either. | | For reference, here is my uname: | | FreeBSD exodus 6.2-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-PRERELEASE #9: Fri Nov 10 10:56:39 | PST 2006 root@exodus:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/EXODUS amd64 | | This is a RELENG_6 build with a CVSUP done just before the compile date of | the kernel. | | The SIMSO IPMI card itself works, I can access it via the web management | console, I just can not get the kernel driver to work with it. Any help | and/or references would be greatly appreciated. Could you try it static in the kernel and then with and without ACPI enabled? Doug A.
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