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Issue with Linux Smartstart Toolkit 1.90 with BL680c G5

Giancarlo Furlato_1 — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:17:19 GMT

We have discovered an issue with the Linux Smartstart toolkit v1.90.
On a BL680cG5 with ROMPAQ 23/9/2008 I have exported the BIOS configuration using the conrep utility:
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After using the same utility to replicate the BIOS settings to same server using the same utility I get different BIOS settings (exported again using conrep):
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BIOS settings are required to fix the Intel issue with low latency application as recentyl discovered.

Do we have similar issues

Re: Issue with Linux Smartstart Toolkit 1.90 with BL680c G5

Jimmy Vance — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:31:39 GMT

Might help if you attach the files

Re: Issue with Linux Smartstart Toolkit 1.90 with BL680c G5

Giancarlo Furlato_1 — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:16:29 GMT

I have attached the
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In a ZIP file called "BL680cG5ImportExport.zip"

Re: Issue with Linux Smartstart Toolkit 1.90 with BL680c G5

Jimmy Vance — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 05:45:53 GMT

There are a few minor differences, what conrep command are you using to pull the data, and what conrep command are you using to put the data back into NVRAM?

Are you seeing this message? or is it just a statement your making?
"BIOS settings are required to fix the Intel issue with low latency application as recentyl discovered"

Re: Issue with Linux Smartstart Toolkit 1.90 with BL680c G5

Giancarlo Furlato_1 — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:53:50 GMT

They use version 1.9 of the Scriting Tool Kit.
They would like to replicate the BIOS setting and it seems that the "setting" with the latest BIOS is not working correctly.

Re: Issue with Linux Smartstart Toolkit 1.90 with BL680c G5

Jimmy Vance — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:38:04 GMT

I understand what they are trying to do. What is the command line syntax they are using with "conrep" to pull the data and load the data

Re: Issue with Linux Smartstart Toolkit 1.90 with BL680c G5

Giancarlo Furlato_1 — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:41:32 GMT

Read the data - write the data

conrep -s -f
conrep -l -f

Re: Issue with Linux Smartstart Toolkit 1.90 with BL680c G5

Giancarlo Furlato_1 — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:45:43 GMT

With the BL685c they get the same issue!

BIOS Settings checked on three BL685c zue30i-50001, 50002, 50003 :
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BIOS Serial Console & EMS
BIOS Serial Console Port
BIOS Serial Console Baud Rate
EMS Console
BIOS Interface mode
Auto
9600
Disabled
Auto

The setting of the "EMS Console" was set on all three to: "Com 1, IRQ4"
It should have been to "Disabled"