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------- Comment From hegdevasant at in.ibm.com 2016-10-17 02:49 EDT-------
(In reply to comment #17)
> Hello Canonical,
>
> Inband ipmitool uses /dev/ipmi* device.. which requires "ipmi_devintf.ko"
> kernel module.

FYI. We need this module across all platform for inband ipmitool to
work..

-Vasant

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Title:
  lsmcode fails to retrieve Firmware information for BMC based system.

Status in lsvpd package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  == Comment: #0 - PAVITHRA R. PRAKASH <pavrampu at in.ibm.com> - 2016-07-26 02:45:21 ==
  ---Problem Description---

  lsmcode fails to retrieve Firmware information for BMC based system.

  ---uname output---

  ubuntu at ltciofvtr-hab1:~$ uname -a
  Linux ltciofvtr-hab1 4.4.0-31-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jul 13 00:05:18 UTC 2016 ppc64le ppc64le ppc64le GNU/Linux

  ubuntu at ltciofvtr-hab1:~$ cat /etc/issue
  Ubuntu Yakkety Yak (development branch) \n \l

  ---Steps to Reproduce---

  1. Execute "lsmcode" command on BMC based system.

  Logs
  ====

  root at ltciofvtr-hab1:~# lsvpd --version
  lsvpd 1.7.7

  On Habanero:

  root at ltciofvtr-hab1:/var/lib/lsvpd# lsmcode
  Failed to get System Firmware information

  On Tuleta:

  root at ltc-tuleta12:~# lsmcode
  Version of System Firmware is FW860.00 (TV860_007) (t) FW860.00 (TV860_007) (p) FW860.00 (TV860_007) (b)

  https://sourceforge.net/p/linux-
  diag/lsvpd/ci/a96802a839beccc1a14f63a51146f355977b85c3/ seems to fix
  this issue.

  == Comment: #3 - VIPIN K. PARASHAR <viparash at in.ibm.com> - 2016-07-26 07:33:19 ==
  From Ubuntu16.10 box
  ===============

  ubuntu at ltciofvtr-firestone2:~$ tail /proc/cpuinfo
  processor	: 159
  cpu		: POWER8 (raw), altivec supported
  clock		: 2061.000000MHz
  revision	: 2.0 (pvr 004d 0200)

  timebase	: 512000000
  platform	: PowerNV
  model		: 8335-GTA        
  machine		: PowerNV 8335-GTA        
  firmware	: OPAL v3
  ubuntu at ltciofvtr-firestone2:~$ lsb_release -a
  No LSB modules are available.
  Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
  Description:	Ubuntu Yakkety Yak (development branch)
  Release:	16.10
  Codename:	yakkety
  ubuntu at ltciofvtr-firestone2:~$ uname -a
  Linux ltciofvtr-firestone2 4.4.0-31-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jul 13 00:05:18 UTC 2016 ppc64le ppc64le ppc64le GNU/Linux
  ubuntu at ltciofvtr-firestone2:~$ 

  
  ubuntu at ltciofvtr-firestone2:~$ sudo lsmcode
  [sudo] password for ubuntu: 
  Failed to get System Firmware information
  ubuntu at ltciofvtr-firestone2:~$ sudo apt search lsvpd
  Sorting... Done
  Full Text Search... Done
  libvpd-2.2-2/yakkety,now 2.2.5-2 ppc64el [installed,automatic]
    VPD Database access library

  libvpd-dev/yakkety 2.2.5-2 ppc64el
    VPD Database access library development files

  lsvpd/yakkety,now 1.7.7-1 ppc64el [installed,automatic]
    Utility to List Device Vital Product Data (VPD)

  ubuntu at ltciofvtr-firestone2:~$

  == Comment: #4 - VIPIN K. PARASHAR <viparash at in.ibm.com> - 2016-07-26 07:43:24 ==
  lsvpd package with Ubuntu needs to be upgraded to lsvpd-1.7.7-2 or higher
  to make lsmcode work.

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