[Freeipmi-devel] FreeIPMI 1.4.1 Released

[Albert Chu]

http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/freeipmi/freeipmi-1.4.1.tar.gz

FreeIPMI 1.4.1 - 03/01/14
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Tools - New Features
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o Support new tool ipmi-config.  Ipmi-config is a consolidated
  configuration tool implementing everything that was previously in
  bmc-config, ipmi-pef-config, ipmi-sensors-config, and
  ipmi-chassis-config.
  - The consolidated tool will allow users to checkout, commit, and
    diff sections/fields across the four former tools using only one
    tool.
  - The consolidated tool will also allow users to checkout, commit,
    and diff new sections/fields not yet covered in the four former
    tools.
  - Legacy scripts for bmc-config, ipmi-pef-config,
    ipmi-sensors-config, and ipmi-chassis-config will point to the new
    tool with all appropriate options to ensure full backwards
    compatability.
  - The ipmi-pef-config --info option has been made legacy.  It is
    still supported but no longer advertised.
o Support Intel Data Center Host Interface / Management Engine as
  optional driver type for in-band communication.
  - Typically these are loaded as /dev/dcmi and /dev/mei drivers.
  - This driver is identified as the "inteldcmi" type, as it is
    specific to Intel systems.
o Support OEM extensions for Intel Windmill, Wiwynn Windmill, and
  Quanta Winterfell motherboards in ipmi-sel and ipmi-sensors.  These
  motherboards are also know as motherboards for the Open Compute
  Project (OCP).
o Support DCMI configuration in ipmi-config.
o Update FreeIPMI for changes in IPMI 2.0 Errata 5.  Include are:
  - New sensor events for Power Supply and OS Boot sensors.  New
    events are supported in all areas, ipmi-sensors, ipmi-sel,
    libipmimonitoring, etc.
  - PEF now supports 255 filter numbers, not 127.  This is supported
    in ipmi-config (formerly ipmi-pef-config).
  - Support get/set of new System Info Parameters Present OS Version,
    BMC URL, and Base OS/Hypervisor URL.  This is supported in
    bmc-info and bmc-device.
o Update ipmi-oem Intel Node Manager OEM commands for changes listed
  in Intelligent Power Node Manager 2.0 specification.
  - Due to changes in the specification, minor text changes may exist
    in some output from intelnm OEM commands.
o Update ipmi-sel to support new SEL events in Intelligent Power Node
  Manager 2.0 specification.
o Support 'serialalertsdeferred' workaround in ipmiconsole.
o Support 'solpacketseq' workaround in ipmiconsole.
o Fix portability issues for Apple / OS X.

Tools - Bug Fixes/Minor Changes
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o Fix bmc-info output of GUID, format was output with two bytes out of
  order.
  - May affect scripts parsing and using the GUID.
o Bmc-info now supports --get-system-guid and outputs the System GUID
  as well as the Device GUID by default.
  - The Device GUID is not prefixed with the text "Device GUID"
    instead of just "GUID".  Any scripts scripting against this will
    need to be adjusted.
o Bmc-info now supports a workaround of 'guidformat' to read the GUID
  with a format a number of vendors have incorrectly used.
o In ipmi-config's sensor configuration, decimal values that cannot be
  encoded accurately now report a clearer error message.

Libraries
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o Update libfreeipmi and libipmimonitoring to support IPMI 2.0 Errata 
  5. Included are:
  - Support new sensor events for Power Supply and OS Boot sensors.
  - Support PEF filter numbers up to 255.
  - Support new System Info Parameters for Present OS Version, BMC
    URL, and Base OS/Hypervisor URL.
o Update libfreeipmi to support Intel Node Manager payloads per Intel
  Intelligent Power Node Manager 2.0 specification.
  - Due to changes in the specification, some payload fields have been
    changed.
o Update libfreeipmi SEL sub-library to handle new event messages in
  Intelligent Power Node Manager 2.0 specification.
o Support SERIAL_ALERTS_DEFERRED workaround in libipmiconsole.
o Support INCREMENT_SOL_PACKET_SEQUENCE workaround in libipmiconsole.

-- 
Albert Chu
address@hidden
Computer Scientist
High Performance Systems Division
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory