ipmitool default interface

ipmitool default interface

[Vernon Mauery]

I have seen several requests for help on this list that could have been 
avoided if the BMC internal ipmitool used dbus as its default interface. 

I do not think we are quite ready to upstream this commit or the actual 
interface, since the dbus interface will be changing as part of the 
refactor of ipmid's architecture. But for now, it makes sense to set the 
default interface as dbus.

After I have finished working on the refactor, I will push the changes 
upstream and then we should be able to just run with a standard 
cross-compiled build of ipmitool.

--Vernon

RE: ipmitool default interface

[Tanous, Ed]

+1

-Ed

> 
> I have seen several requests for help on this list that could have been
> avoided if the BMC internal ipmitool used dbus as its default interface.
> 
> I do not think we are quite ready to upstream this commit or the actual
> interface, since the dbus interface will be changing as part of the refactor of
> ipmid's architecture. But for now, it makes sense to set the default interface
> as dbus.
> 
> After I have finished working on the refactor, I will push the changes
> upstream and then we should be able to just run with a standard cross-
> compiled build of ipmitool.
> 
> --Vernon

Re: ipmitool default interface

[Alexander Amelkin]

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11.07.2018 19:59, Vernon Mauery wrote:
> After I have finished working on the refactor, I will push the changes
> upstream and then we should be able to just run with a standard
> cross-compiled build of ipmitool.
Great! Just make sure the code meets
https://github.com/ipmitool/ipmitool/wiki/Coding-Standards

WBR, Alexander.

P.S. I haven't forgotten about your UDP packet size pull request there,
just need to thoroughly review it and that takes time.



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Re: ipmitool default interface

[Jeremy Kerr]

Hi Vernon,

> I have seen several requests for help on this list that could have been 
> avoided if the BMC internal ipmitool used dbus as its default interface.
> I do not think we are quite ready to upstream this commit or the actual 
> interface, since the dbus interface will be changing as part of the 
> refactor of ipmid's architecture. But for now, it makes sense to set the 
> default interface as dbus.

OK, makes sense. I've merged your change for this and pushed to the 
openbmc ipmitool repo.

Cheers,


Jeremy