#422 New interface - none

[Hinko Kocevar]

Since it not possible to use ipmitool without having an active IPMI connection I resorted to creating a new interface I called 'none'. It does nothing and at the same time allows commands like ekanalyzer to be executed using this interface from command line:

$ ipmitool -I none ekanalyzer

Attached is a patch against current GIT master.

[Zdenek Styblik]

Hi,

I'm curious who is target group of this feature? Is it your regular Joe or couple vendors? Would it be acceptable and possible(answer to this is yes) to use this interface to build a separate binary? Because I would say the most Linux distributions won't include this interface.

Thank you for your opinion,
Z.

[Hinko Kocevar]

It is meant to be used on systems that do not have IPMI capable controller available. On my MAC with Linux for example. No major companies behind ATM. At work at ESS facility in Lund,Sweden we plan on using ipmitool to work with uTCA crates and this is where I'm using this feature.

[Zdenek Styblik]

Site is having some issues and original patch cannot be downloaded any more.
btw I've posted patch which solves the issue on one hand, it
introduces new single-purpose binary on the other :\

On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 6:16 PM, Hinko Kocevar hinkok@users.sf.net wrote:

It is meant to be used on systems that do not have IPMI capable controller
available. On my MAC with Linux for example. No major companies behind ATM.
At work at ESS facility in Lund,Sweden we plan on using ipmitool to work
with uTCA crates and this is where I'm using this feature.

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[bugs:#422] New interface - none

Status: open
Group: version-1.8.17
Labels: interface
Created: Thu Feb 25, 2016 03:23 PM UTC by Hinko Kocevar
Last Updated: Mon Mar 07, 2016 05:34 PM UTC
Owner: nobody
Attachments:

none-interface.diff (8.4 kB; text/x-diff)

Since it not possible to use ipmitool without having an active IPMI
connection I resorted to creating a new interface I called 'none'. It does
nothing and at the same time allows commands like ekanalyzer to be executed
using this interface from command line:

$ ipmitool -I none ekanalyzer

Attached is a patch against current GIT master.

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[Zdenek Styblik]

Hello,

after some thought and finally catching some time, I've modified a dummy interface in a way, that will work like proposed interface none if and when IPMI_DUMMY_SOCK isn't set. If IPMI_DUMMY_SOCK is set, then it should work as it was working before.
Please, use dummy interface as you would proposed interface none.

Thanks,
Z.