* Control / Operator panel support in systems
@ 2019-08-27 17:36 Jinu Thomas
2021-01-12 14:47 ` Jinu Thomas
0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Jinu Thomas @ 2019-08-27 17:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: openbmc
Hi All,
I was starting to explore on the design for the operator panel seen on
IBM systems, it is also called a control panel , which basically is a
card unit which has an LCD and some buttons to navigate the display on
the LCD. I wanted to check if there is any design or code out there, for
such kind of usage. The design/code can be checked to see if it can be
made generic for use, even though the hardware is only used by IBM.
Thanks a lot
Jinu Joy
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* Re: Control / Operator panel support in systems
2019-08-27 17:36 Control / Operator panel support in systems Jinu Thomas
@ 2021-01-12 14:47 ` Jinu Thomas
2021-01-18 13:28 ` Jinu Thomas
0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Jinu Thomas @ 2021-01-12 14:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: openbmc
Hi All,
I have been working on the design and this is what i have zeroed at.
The design aims to accommodate a panel that provides buttons used for navigation and selection of functionality and a display used for visual interaction to the user.
The design is divided into two parts.
- First part is to have a navigational user select-able section. This would mean the navigation coming from the hardware in terms of buttons. these will be used to perform the required functionality selected by the user.
- Second part is to have a display section. The display side will be common for all BMC apps, it will be done via Dbus API hosted by this app.
@brad
Need a Repository created.
I don't think there is any hardware like this out there, so do not see or expect any overlap with the rest of the community, i will be thinking of using ibm_misc or ibm_oem as the repository.
Thoughts and suggestions are welcome.
Regards,
Jinu Joy
On 27/08/19 11:06 pm, Jinu Thomas wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I was starting to explore on the design for the operator panel seen on IBM systems, it is also called a control panel , which basically is a card unit which has an LCD and some buttons to navigate the display on the LCD. I wanted to check if there is any design or code out there, for such kind of usage. The design/code can be checked to see if it can be made generic for use, even though the hardware is only used by IBM.
>
>
> Thanks a lot
>
> Jinu Joy
>
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* Re: Control / Operator panel support in systems
2021-01-12 14:47 ` Jinu Thomas
@ 2021-01-18 13:28 ` Jinu Thomas
2021-01-21 12:41 ` Patrick Williams
0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Jinu Thomas @ 2021-01-18 13:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: bradleyb; +Cc: openbmc
Hi Brad,
Can we get the repo created for the below?
Regards,
Jinu Joy
On 12/01/21 8:17 pm, Jinu Thomas wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have been working on the design and this is what i have zeroed at.
>
> The design aims to accommodate a panel that provides buttons used for navigation and selection of functionality and a display used for visual interaction to the user.
>
> The design is divided into two parts.
>
> - First part is to have a navigational user select-able section. This would mean the navigation coming from the hardware in terms of buttons. these will be used to perform the required functionality selected by the user.
>
> - Second part is to have a display section. The display side will be common for all BMC apps, it will be done via Dbus API hosted by this app.
>
> @brad
> Need a Repository created.
>
> I don't think there is any hardware like this out there, so do not see or expect any overlap with the rest of the community, i will be thinking of using ibm_misc or ibm_oem as the repository.
>
> Thoughts and suggestions are welcome.
>
> Regards,
> Jinu Joy
>
>
> On 27/08/19 11:06 pm, Jinu Thomas wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I was starting to explore on the design for the operator panel seen on IBM systems, it is also called a control panel , which basically is a card unit which has an LCD and some buttons to navigate the display on the LCD. I wanted to check if there is any design or code out there, for such kind of usage. The design/code can be checked to see if it can be made generic for use, even though the hardware is only used by IBM.
>>
>>
>> Thanks a lot
>>
>> Jinu Joy
>>
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* Re: Control / Operator panel support in systems
2021-01-18 13:28 ` Jinu Thomas
@ 2021-01-21 12:41 ` Patrick Williams
2021-02-02 0:52 ` Brad Bishop
0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Patrick Williams @ 2021-01-21 12:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jinu Thomas; +Cc: openbmc, bradleyb
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On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 06:58:25PM +0530, Jinu Thomas wrote:
Jinu, it seems like we still have a lot of discussion to work through on
the design[1]. Can we get that resolved before we determine what are
the appropriate repositories for this?
https://gerrit.openbmc-project.xyz/c/openbmc/docs/+/38904
>
> Hi Brad,
>
> Can we get the repo created for the below?
>
> Regards,
> Jinu Joy
>
> On 12/01/21 8:17 pm, Jinu Thomas wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I have been working on the design and this is what i have zeroed at.
> >
> > The design aims to accommodate a panel that provides buttons used for navigation and selection of functionality and a display used for visual interaction to the user.
> >
> > The design is divided into two parts.
> >
> > - First part is to have a navigational user select-able section. This would mean the navigation coming from the hardware in terms of buttons. these will be used to perform the required functionality selected by the user.
> >
> > - Second part is to have a display section. The display side will be common for all BMC apps, it will be done via Dbus API hosted by this app.
> >
> > @brad
> > Need a Repository created.
> >
> > I don't think there is any hardware like this out there, so do not see or expect any overlap with the rest of the community, i will be thinking of using ibm_misc or ibm_oem as the repository.
> >
> > Thoughts and suggestions are welcome.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Jinu Joy
> >
> >
> > On 27/08/19 11:06 pm, Jinu Thomas wrote:
> >> Hi All,
> >>
> >> I was starting to explore on the design for the operator panel seen on IBM systems, it is also called a control panel , which basically is a card unit which has an LCD and some buttons to navigate the display on the LCD. I wanted to check if there is any design or code out there, for such kind of usage. The design/code can be checked to see if it can be made generic for use, even though the hardware is only used by IBM.
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks a lot
> >>
> >> Jinu Joy
> >>
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* Re: Control / Operator panel support in systems
2021-01-21 12:41 ` Patrick Williams
@ 2021-02-02 0:52 ` Brad Bishop
0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Brad Bishop @ 2021-02-02 0:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Patrick Williams; +Cc: Jinu Thomas, openbmc
On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 06:41:19AM -0600, Patrick Williams wrote:
>On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 06:58:25PM +0530, Jinu Thomas wrote:
>
>Jinu, it seems like we still have a lot of discussion to work through on
>the design[1]. Can we get that resolved before we determine what are
>the appropriate repositories for this?
>
>https://gerrit.openbmc-project.xyz/c/openbmc/docs/+/38904
Patrick
It seemed like your major concern was using the out-of-tree
minion-mqueue driver or any other userspace i2c mechanism and I also
share that concern.
If you replace those references with an input subsystem driver, did you
have any other concerns? - thinking maybe we can work things out in
parallel a bit.
One last thought - do you have a use case for this? I've heard about an
OCP card providing similar function - wouldn't that use our existing
IPMI over IPMB design with backend handlers - possibly OEM? Trying to
fit that into what Jinu is working on seems like a stretch to me.
thoughts?
thx - brad
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