From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 6 08:48:06 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F3FC16A403 for ; Tue, 6 Mar 2007 08:48:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matrix@itlegion.ru) Received: from corpmail.itlegion.ru (corpmail.itlegion.ru [84.21.226.211]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 404B413C4B6 for ; Tue, 6 Mar 2007 08:48:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matrix@itlegion.ru) Received: (qmail 5751 invoked from network); 6 Mar 2007 11:48:03 +0300 Received: from unknown (HELO Artem) (192.168.0.12) by 84.21.226.211 with SMTP; 6 Mar 2007 11:48:03 +0300 X-AntiVirus: Checked by Dr.Web [version: 4.33, engine: 4.33.5.10110, virus records: 180009, updated: 6.03.2007] Message-ID: <008201c75fcc$21302940$0c00a8c0@Artem> From: "Artem Kuchin" To: "Jack Vogel" References: <20070227205351.GA72597@ravenloft.kiev.ua> <20070305035945.GA71660@xor.obsecurity.org> <20070305132350.GB57253@comp.chem.msu.su> <200703051314.29902@aldan> <20070305191714.GF57253@comp.chem.msu.su> <20070305193022.GM10453@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> <000b01c75f6b$594c23d0$0c00a8c0@Artem> <2a41acea0703051355n5148d19cp36bc425ecd054add@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 11:47:51 +0300 Organization: IT Legion MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="ISO-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3028 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot prompt for Intel AMT X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:48:06 -0000 >> I hope some people will understand what i am talking about, because >> the technology, i think, is not very popular, but can come VERY handy. >> >> Intel AMT Serial over LAN (SOL, why is it called 'over LAN' if it is really >> 'OVER IP'?) allows to boot into BIOS of a remote machine >> and even, as seen in their demo, can be used to control MS DOS prompt. > > well because it isnt using IP, besides SOIP is uninspiring :) Wait.. how so? I was sure that the whose SOL (IPMI) protocal is running over IP and i can REMOTELY (e.g. from anoth planet with IP connection) access the machine in the data center. If i can do such thing, then it DOES run over IP eventually. Isn't it? Anyway, nobody said anothing about getting freebsd boot prompt over SOL. My guess, that this is THE MOST usefull usage of SOL for remote upgrades. I understand that this is not as simple as sending data to UART. THis is must be done explicitely in the boot loader, i thinks. But why no do it? -- Regards, Artem