Re: [PATCH] Intel Management Engine Interface

2007-12-12 Thread Andi Kleen
On Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 10:00:24AM -0500, Mark Lord wrote: > Anas Nashif wrote: > > > >Actually no TCP/IP is needed here. Basically the MEI driver writes and > >reads the > >messages to/from the firmware. When communicating in-band using LMS, TCP/IP > >terminates at LMS and the messages are copied

Re: [PATCH] Intel Management Engine Interface

2007-12-12 Thread Mark Lord
Anas Nashif wrote: Actually no TCP/IP is needed here. Basically the MEI driver writes and reads the messages to/from the firmware. When communicating in-band using LMS, TCP/IP terminates at LMS and the messages are copied using MEI driver. To have a feel for all of this, with many examples, sa

Re: [PATCH] Intel Management Engine Interface

2007-12-12 Thread Alexander E. Patrakov
Anas Nashif wrote: The Intel Management Engine Interface (aka HECI: Host Embedded Controller Interface ) enables communication between the host OS and the Management Engine firmware. MEI is bi-directional, and either the host or Intel AMT firmware can initiate transactions. There is a little

Re: [PATCH] Intel Management Engine Interface

2007-12-11 Thread Andi Kleen
> Actually no TCP/IP is needed here. Basically the MEI driver writes and reads > the > messages to/from the firmware. When communicating in-band using LMS, TCP/IP > terminates at LMS and the messages are copied using MEI driver. Ah that's good to know. I suspect the SOAP interchange could be stri

Re: [PATCH] Intel Management Engine Interface

2007-12-11 Thread Andi Kleen
On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 11:02:02AM -0800, David Miller wrote: > From: Andi Kleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:53:17 +0100 > > > Ok but saving oops is such a useful facility that we'll probably > > need to think about implementing SOAP in the kernel. > > Ummm, no. > > UDP is st

Re: [PATCH] Intel Management Engine Interface

2007-12-11 Thread Anas Nashif
Andi Kleen wrote: > On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 01:38:10PM -0500, Anas Nashif wrote: >> There are different ways you can connect to the Firmware and it all depends >> on >> the ME subsystem you want to communicate with. >> For Intel AMT, you would use LMS (Local Manageability Service) which acts as

Re: [PATCH] Intel Management Engine Interface

2007-12-11 Thread David Miller
From: Andi Kleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:53:17 +0100 > Ok but saving oops is such a useful facility that we'll probably > need to think about implementing SOAP in the kernel. Ummm, no. UDP is stateless, a stripped down copy of TCP we simply do not need. We also do not need

Re: [PATCH] Intel Management Engine Interface

2007-12-11 Thread Andi Kleen
On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 01:38:10PM -0500, Anas Nashif wrote: > There are different ways you can connect to the Firmware and it all depends on > the ME subsystem you want to communicate with. > For Intel AMT, you would use LMS (Local Manageability Service) which acts as a > proxy for SOAP messages c

Re: [PATCH] Intel Management Engine Interface

2007-12-11 Thread Anas Nashif
There are different ways you can connect to the Firmware and it all depends on the ME subsystem you want to communicate with. For Intel AMT, you would use LMS (Local Manageability Service) which acts as a proxy for SOAP messages coming for management applications. LMS is available via http://openam

Re: [PATCH] Intel Management Engine Interface

2007-12-11 Thread Andi Kleen
Anas Nashif <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > The Intel Management Engine Interface (aka HECI: Host Embedded > Controller Interface ) enables communication between the host OS and > the Management Engine firmware. MEI is bi-directional, and either the > host or Intel AMT firmware can initiate tran