FW: IPMI kernel module errors on 6.x

[Raymond T. Sundland]

Hi Doug,

I added 'device ipmi' added to kernel config file

Output (ACPI enabled)

    ipmi0: <IPMI System Interface> on isa0
    ipmi0: KCS mode found at mem 0xca2 alignment 0x4 on isa
    ipmi0: KCS: initial state: 00
    ipmi0: KCS: Failed to start write
    ipmi0: KCS Error retry exhausted
    ipmi0: KCS: Failed to start write
    ipmi0: KCS Error retry exhausted
    ipmi0: KCS: Failed to start write
    ipmi0: KCS Error retry exhausted
    ipmi0: Failed GET_DEVICE_ID: 5

Output (ACPI disabled)

    ipmi0: <IPMI System Interface> on isa0
    ipmi0: KCS mode found at mem 0xca2 alignment 0x4 on isa
    ipmi0: KCS: initial state: 00
    ipmi0: KCS: Failed to start write
    ipmi0: KCS Error retry exhausted
    ipmi0: KCS: Failed to start write
    ipmi0: KCS Error retry exhausted
    ipmi0: KCS: Failed to start write
    ipmi0: KCS Error retry exhausted
    ipmi0: Failed GET_DEVICE_ID: 5

The two look the same, but there is a definite change on the last line 
of the initial and new output.

Doug Ambrisko wrote:
> Raymond Sundland writes:
> | I purchased a new Supermicro Superserver SS6015B-T (motherboard is X7DBR-E)
> | about 3 weeks ago with the IPMI module (part called SIMSO) and have had a
> | hard time getting the IPMI functionality to work in RELENG_6.
> | 
> | Particularly, when I attempt to 'kldload ipmi' I get the following output in
> | dmesg:
> | 
> | ipmi0: <IPMI System Interface> on isa0
> | ipmi0: KCS mode found at mem 0xca2 alignment 0x4 on isa
> | ipmi0: KCS: Failed to start write
> | ipmi0: KCS Error retry exhausted
> | ipmi0: KCS: Failed to start write
> | ipmi0: KCS Error retry exhausted
> | ipmi0: KCS: Failed to start write
> | ipmi0: KCS Error retry exhausted
> | ipmi0: Timed out waiting for GET_DEVICE_ID
> | 
> | >From the dmesg, it appears it's finding the IPMI device, but unable to
> | interact with it.  Meanwhile, no device shows up in /dev so ipmitool does
> | not work, either.
> | 
> | For reference, here is my uname:
> | 
> | FreeBSD exodus 6.2-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-PRERELEASE #9: Fri Nov 10 10:56:39
> | PST 2006     root at exodus:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/EXODUS  amd64
> | 
> | This is a RELENG_6 build with a CVSUP done just before the compile date of
> | the kernel.
> | 
> | The SIMSO IPMI card itself works, I can access it via the web management
> | console, I just can not get the kernel driver to work with it.  Any help
> | and/or references would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Could you try it static in the kernel and then with and without ACPI
> enabled?
>
> Doug A.
>
>