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Message-ID: <4F9721C3.7000009@acm.org>
Date:	Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:57:23 -0500
From:	Corey Minyard <tcminyard@...il.com>
To:	Nikola Ciprich <nikola.ciprich@...uxbox.cz>
CC:	Rob Herring <rob.herring@...xeda.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tcminyard@...il.com
Subject: Re: [BISECTED] ipmi_si not loading since 2.6.39

On 04/24/2012 04:30 PM, Nikola Ciprich wrote:
> Sure, here it goes:
>
> [   62.866722] ipmi device interface
> [   63.874238] IPMI System Interface driver.
> [   63.874239] ipmi_si: probing via hardcoded address
> [   63.874241] ipmi_si: Adding hardcoded-specified kcs state machine
> [   63.874243] ipmi_si: Trying hardcoded-specified kcs state machine at i/o address 0xca8, slave address 0x0, irq 0
> [   63.874247] ipmi_si: Interface detection failed
>

In the previous kernel it was coming up at address 0xca2, not 0xca8.  
Can you try that?

-corey


> n.
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 03:55:54PM -0500, Rob Herring wrote:
>> On 04/24/2012 03:37 PM, Nikola Ciprich wrote:
>>> Hi Corey,
>>>
>>> I have this problem with 3.4-rc4 as well and it already contains
>>> b1608d69cb804e414d0887140ba08a9398e4e638, so this doesn't fix this problem..
>>>
>> Can you send the kernel log for the failing case.
>>
>> Rob
>>
>>> BR
>>>
>>> nik
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 08:41:32AM -0500, Corey Minyard wrote:
>>>> Looks like you might need change b1608d69cb804e414d0887140ba08a9398e4e638
>>>>
>>>> -corey
>>>>
>>>> On 04/23/2012 03:09 PM, Rob Herring wrote:
>>>>> On 04/21/2012 02:20 AM, Nikola Ciprich wrote:
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> here's further information Rob and Corey requested:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> on working system:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [root@...x4 ~]# cat /proc/ipmi/0/params
>>>>>> kcs,i/o,0xca2,rsp=1,rsi=1,rsh=0,irq=0,ipmb=0
>>>>>>
>>>>>> dmesg snippet:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [   41.759319] ipmi message handler version 39.2
>>>>>> [   41.760690] ipmi device interface
>>>>>> [   42.765334] IPMI System Interface driver.
>>>>>> [   42.765336] ipmi_si: probing via hardcoded address
>>>>>> [   42.765337] ipmi_si: Adding hardcoded-specified kcs state machine
>>>>>> [   42.765340] ipmi_si: Trying hardcoded-specified kcs state machine at i/o address 0xca8, slave address 0x0, irq 0
>>>>>> [   42.765344] ipmi_si: Interface detection failed
>>>>>> [   42.770823] ipmi_si: probing via SMBIOS
>>>>>> [   42.770834] ipmi_si: SMBIOS: io 0xca2 regsize 1 spacing 1 irq 0
>>>>>> [   42.770836] ipmi_si: Adding SMBIOS-specified kcs state machine
>>>>>> [   42.770838] ipmi_si: probing via SPMI
>>>>>> [   42.770840] ipmi_si: SPMI: io 0xe4 regsize 1 spacing 1 irq 0
>>>>>> [   42.770841] ipmi_si: Adding SPMI-specified kcs state machine
>>>>>> [   42.770843] ipmi_si: Trying SMBIOS-specified kcs state machine at i/o address 0xca2, slave address 0x0, irq 0
>>>>>> [   42.798137] ipmi_si ipmi_si.0: Error clearing flags: cc
>>>>>> [   42.801011] ipmi_si ipmi_si.0: Found new BMC (man_id: 0x002a7c, prod_id: 0x0624, dev_id: 0x20)
>>>>>> [   42.801068] ipmi_si ipmi_si.0: IPMI kcs interface initialized
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> dmidecode:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> IPMI Device Information
>>>>>>           Interface Type: KCS (Keyboard Control Style)
>>>>>>           Specification Version: 2.0
>>>>>>           I2C Slave Address: 0x00
>>>>>>           NV Storage Device: Not Present
>>>>>>           Base Address: 0x0000000000000CA2 (I/O)
>>>>>>           Register Spacing: Successive Byte Boundaries
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Base Board Information
>>>>>>           Manufacturer: Supermicro
>>>>>>           Product Name: X9SCL/X9SCM
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (but we're experiencing this on various supermicro bords, ie X8DTL)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tried setting parameters by hand didn't help:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> modprobe ipmi_si type=kcs addrs=0xca8 regspacings=1 regsizes=1 regshifts=0 irqs=0 slave_addrs=0x0
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (not sure whether I got them correct though, and values mostly seem to me to be defaults anyways..)
>>>>>>
>>>>> It is working for me on a SuperMicro system with ubuntu oneiric (3.0
>>>>> based).
>>>>>
>>>>> [597160.259728] ipmi_si: probing via SMBIOS
>>>>> [597160.259730] ipmi_si: SMBIOS: io 0xca2 regsize 1 spacing 1 irq 0
>>>>> [597160.259731] ipmi_si: Adding SMBIOS-specified kcs state machine
>>>>> [597160.259734] ipmi_si: probing via SPMI
>>>>> [597160.259735] ipmi_si: SPMI: io 0xe4 regsize 1 spacing 1 irq 0
>>>>> [597160.259737] ipmi_si: Adding SPMI-specified kcs state machine
>>>>> [597160.259739] ipmi_si: Trying SMBIOS-specified kcs state machine at
>>>>> i/o address 0xca2, slave address 0x0, irq 0
>>>>> [597160.378757] ipmi_si: Invalid return from get global enables command,
>>>>> cannot enable the event buffer.
>>>>> [597160.382032] ipmi_si ipmi_si.0: Found new BMC (man_id: 0x00b980,
>>>>> prod_id: 0x0624, dev_id: 0x20)
>>>>> [597160.382040] ipmi_si ipmi_si.0: IPMI kcs interface initialized
>>>>> [597179.973960] ipmi device interface
>>>>> localadm@...dy1:~$ ipmitool bmc info
>>>>> Could not open device at /dev/ipmi0 or /dev/ipmi/0 or /dev/ipmidev/0: No
>>>>> such file or directory
>>>>> Get Device ID command failed
>>>>> localadm@...dy1:~$ sudo ipmitool bmc info
>>>>> Device ID                 : 32
>>>>> Device Revision           : 1
>>>>> Firmware Revision         : 1.1
>>>>> IPMI Version              : 2.0
>>>>> Manufacturer ID           : 47488
>>>>> Manufacturer Name         : Unknown (0xB980)
>>>>> Product ID                : 1572 (0x0624)
>>>>> Product Name              : Unknown (0x624)
>>>>> Device Available          : yes
>>>>> Provides Device SDRs      : no
>>>>> Additional Device Support :
>>>>>       Sensor Device
>>>>>       SDR Repository Device
>>>>>       SEL Device
>>>>>       FRU Inventory Device
>>>>>       IPMB Event Receiver
>>>>>       IPMB Event Generator
>>>>>       Chassis Device
>>>>> Aux Firmware Rev Info     :
>>>>>       0x06
>>>>>       0x00
>>>>>       0x00
>>>>>       0x00
>>>>> localadm@...dy1:~$ uname -a
>>>>> Linux sandy1 3.0.0-16-generic #28-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 27 17:44:39 UTC
>>>>> 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>>>>
>>>>> Rob
>>>>>
>>>>>> nik
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 12:38:33AM +0200, Nikola Ciprich wrote:
>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I was trying to find out why IPMI stopped working on new kernels. Since 2.6.39
>>>>>>> module loading ends with following message:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>    ipmi_si: Interface detection failed
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Then ipmitool is unable to control IPMI device.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Works for 2.6.38, doesn't work for 2.6.39, 3.0.28, 3.4-rc1.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I got this bisected to following commit:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> commit a1e9c9dd3383e6a1a762464ad604b1081774dbda
>>>>>>> Author: Rob Herring<rob.herring@...xeda.com>
>>>>>>> Date:   Wed Feb 23 15:37:59 2011 -0600
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>       ipmi: convert OF driver to platform driver
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>       of_bus is deprecated in favor of the plain platform bus. This patch
>>>>>>>       merges the ipmi OF driver with the existing platform driver.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>       CONFIG_PPC_OF occurrances are removed or replaced with CONFIG_OF.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>       Compile tested with and without CONFIG_OF. Tested OF probe and
>>>>>>>       default probe cases.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>       Signed-off-by: Rob Herring<rob.herring@...xeda.com>
>>>>>>>       Signed-off-by: Grant Likely<grant.likely@...retlab.ca>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I wonder whether this is a bug, or I'm doing something wrong?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks in advance!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> with best regards
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> nik
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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