On 2020-06-28, obs...@loopw.com <obs...@loopw.com> wrote: > > >> On Jun 11, 2020, at 10:31 AM, obs...@loopw.com wrote: >> >> I didn’t have to bisect! Woo! While ipmitool no longer seems to function, >> once I enable ipmi in my running kernel I can successfully reboot a 6.7 >> ipmi-of-this-vintage system now - where previously, from 6.6 going back into >> late 4.x land, these systems would hang on reboot until I reset the BMC. > > I stand corrected - the BMC was reset recently enough that I was fooled into > thinking everything was great with the system. Effectively, enabling ipmi in > the kernel in 6.7 doesnt let ipmitool attach to the ipmi I have, thus making > them quasi-not-so-useful boards with 6.7 as is. When I get time I will bisect > the 6.7 changes, I guess. Note that they ran 5.2 through 6.6 and let me > attach ipmitool. Supermicro X7SPE-HF-D525 for those interested, dmesg output > is posted at the start of this thread.
/dev/ipmi access should be fixed in -current now thanks to a report from a user who spent the time to bisect.
