From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 15 03:37:23 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: ports@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 817BA16A407 for ; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 03:37:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mikeg@bsd-box.net) Received: from mta7.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (mta7.srv.hcvlny.cv.net [167.206.4.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24FCF43D4C for ; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 03:37:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mikeg@bsd-box.net) Received: from [10.0.0.2] (ool-457a96a7.dyn.optonline.net [69.122.150.167]) by mta7.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) with ESMTP id <0J5M00G8O7E99S10@mta7.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> for ports@FreeBSD.org; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 23:37:22 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 23:37:21 -0400 From: Michael Graziano In-reply-to: <45093CEB.90402@alvorlig.dk> To: "J. Martin Petersen" Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: <7FC26F3F-CBED-4E69-AD7D-A9AA5A1CEB4F@bsd-box.net> <45027280.5040102@alvorlig.dk> <9590E80D-224D-425C-971B-D47CDAF354D1@bsd-box.net> <4503197C.3020304@alvorlig.dk> <450759A6.6050708@threerings.net> <45093CEB.90402@alvorlig.dk> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org, Nick Barkas Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port: ipmi-kmod-20060418_1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 03:37:23 -0000 I believe our 2950 is BIOS Rev. A03 as well, I'll reboot it tomorrow if I have a chance and get the Dell version ID. dmesg-wise, my first iomem range is the same as for A02, but my second is not. I'm leaning toward the explanation that Dell moved something on us and done went and broke the module :-/ ipmi0: at iomem 0xfd040-0xfd05e, 0xcffbc000-0xcffbcc3a on isa0 ipmi0: SMBIOS Version: 2.04, revision: 2.04 ipmi0: KCS mode found at io 0xca8 alignment 0x4 on isa ipmi0: couldn't configure smbios io res In case it proves helpful -MG On Sep 14, 2006, at 7:28 AM, J. Martin Petersen wrote: > Nick Barkas wrote: > > Thanks for your reply. > >> I unfortunately do not have any Dell hardware to test with. > > We have a "spare" machine (it is a hot-backup of a production > machine) I can test stuff on occasionally, if you got something > specific. > >> It looks >> like there have not been any significant changes to the IMPI code in >> - -CURRENT recently that might fix this, either. I do see a note >> in the >> "Fixes and Enhancements" section on the latest BIOS download page >> from >> Dell for the SC1425 that says "Added Native IPMI support," so they >> definitely did something. > > I managed to dig out the output from a working and non-working BIOS/ > IPMI: > > BIOS A02 (working): > ipmi0: at iomem 0xfa840-0xfa85e, > 0xfa860-0xfb357 o n isa0 > ipmi0: SMBIOS Version: 2.03, revision: 2.03 > ipmi0: KCS mode found at io 0xca8 alignment 0x4 on isa > ipmi0: IPMI device rev. 0, firmware rev. 1.81, version 1.5 > ipmi0: Number of channels 4 > ipmi0: Attached watchdog > > BIOS A03 (not working): > ipmi0: at iomem 0xfa830-0xfa84e, > 0xfa850-0xfb356 o n isa0 > ipmi0: SMBIOS Version: 2.03, revision: 2.03 > ipmi0: KCS mode found at io 0xca8 alignment 0x4 on isa > ipmi0: couldn't configure smbios io res > > I don't know if the IPMI-stuff actually moved or not in the BIOS, > but the memory ranges differ. > > Martin