Re: [Freeipmi-devel] Set Boot Device Parameter in ipmi-chassis-config

[Al Chu]

Hey Holger,

By SVN Version, I assume you mean the head trunk, not the 0-8-0 stable
branch?

The primary differences between 0.8.10 and trunk is my call to "BMC boot
flag valid bit clearing" (param 3 as you describe below).  My
recollection about this section is a little hazy, but I believe you want
to call this command so that boot parameters are permanently stored
(rather than being cleared after a reboot).  Is this the side affect
you're witnessing?

Since this was a semi-big change, I decided not to backport it.
However, if you guys need it, I can go ahead and backport it into the
stable branch and release with the next version.

Al

On Wed, 2010-11-17 at 04:26 -0800, Liebig, Holger wrote:
> Hi Al,
> do you have any background info or remember what has caused the
> current change in the SVN version of ipmi-chassis-config versus the
> 0.8.10 in sending the Set Boot Device Parameter? It is working fine
> with the SVN version on our system, but the older version seems to
> have some side effects.
>  
> Background is: A customer is trying to temporary set the Boot Option
> for booting into PXE for installation on a System under Solaris with 
> 
> ./ipmi-chassis-config  --commit -e "Chassis_Boot_Flags:Boot_Device=PXE"
> 
> As far as I can see from the trace, the SVN version sends 
> Param 5 / Param 3 / Param 4
> 
> While the slightly older version is sending
> Param 5 / Param 4
> 
> In our Web Interface of the BMC we are sending (only disabling the 60 seconds 
> timer with param 3):
> Param 3 / Param 5
> 
> The customer wants to perform some unattended/scripted installation,
> so we recommended freeipmi to him but he currently only has the
> official release.
> 
> Thanks,
> Holger Liebig
> 
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