HP-OpenIPMI driver - SLES11SP1

[dingleberry]

Below are the changes to the hp-openipmi 8.5 source code to be able to compile it for SLES11 SP1. Have compiled kernel module, but not tested yet. A structure had an [unused?] item removed, and a function was renamed. Needs better wrappers, but hey, I'm working on the alpha version...it's cardboard.

diff ipmi_msghandler.c /opt/hp/hp-OpenIPMI/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
45a46
> #include
1971c1972
< file->owner = owner;
---
> /* file->owner = owner; */
1994,1995c1995,1996
< else
< smi->proc_dir->owner = THIS_MODULE;
---
> /* else
> smi->proc_dir->owner = THIS_MODULE; */
4395c4396
< proc_ipmi_root->owner = THIS_MODULE;
---
> /* proc_ipmi_root->owner = THIS_MODULE; */

diff ipmi_devintf.c /opt/hp/hp-OpenIPMI/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c
874c874
< device_create_drvdata(ipmi_class, device, dev, NULL, "ipmi%d", if_num);
---
> device_create(ipmi_class, device, dev, NULL, "ipmi%d", if_num);

[Michael Leu]

Thanks for the effort to track this down.

FYI the driver improvements seem to have finally made their way upstream and are now in RHEL 5.5:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02209673

[Daniel Frazier]

Yes, and these changes are already included in SLES11 SP1 as well - there is no need/benefit in installing hp-OpenIPMI any longer. There is an advisory pending on this topic.

[Daniel Frazier]

Link to advisory:

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&objectID=c02473956

[Michael Leu]

Thanks for the update Daniel.

One RPM less to worry about for HP :-)