DL580 errors attempting to start hp-OpenIPMI

[Dean Farrington]

We have some DL580's running RHEL4 (U7). We are testing a set uf updates that include Firmware disl 8.4, the latest RHEL patches, and the 8.15 PSP.

When I upgraded the server to 8.15 PSP we where no longer able to start the HP-Health service. The error is in the hp-OpenIPMI module.

I have attempted to reinstall the entire PSP, just the hp-OpenIPMI rpm, and even to recompile the OpenIPMI driver by hand. Unfortunately nothing has helped. Every time we try to start hp-health service, the same errors occur. I am including a log sample below:

/var/spool/compaq/cma.log:

hp-OpenIPMI: Not able to start ipmi_si.ko
Starting hp-OpenIPMI:
hp-OpenIPMI: Not able to start ipmi_si.ko


/var/log/messages:

Feb 25 16:22:49 HostName hp-health:
Feb 25 16:22:49 HostName hp-health: Using high performance hp-OpenIPMI device driver
Feb 25 16:22:50 HostName hp-health: Starting hp-OpenIPMI:
Feb 25 16:22:50 HostName kernel: ipmi message handler version v33
Feb 25 16:22:50 HostName kernel: ipmi message handler version v33
Feb 25 16:22:50 HostName kernel: ipmi device interface version v33
Feb 25 16:22:50 HostName kernel: IPMI System Interface driver version v33, KCS version v33, SMIC version v33, BT version v33
Feb 25 16:22:50 HostName kernel: ipmi_si: Searching for PCI Vendor 0x103c, Device 0x3302
Feb 25 16:22:50 HostName kernel: ipmi_si: Trying "kcs" at memory address 0xf1bf0000
Feb 25 16:22:50 HostName kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:04.6 -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 58
Feb 25 16:22:50 HostName kernel: ipmi_si: Found PCI BMC at BAR address 0xf1bf0000
Feb 25 16:24:40 HostName kernel: ipmi_kcs_sm: kcs hosed: IBF not ready in time
Feb 25 16:24:40 HostName kernel: Trying to free free IRQ58
Feb 25 16:24:40 HostName kernel: ipmi_si: Trying "kcs" at memory address 0xf1bf0000
Feb 25 16:25:59 HostName ntpd: synchronized to 10.27.21.5, str...





























-> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 58
Feb 25 16:27:36 HostName kernel: ipmi_si: Found PCI BMC at BAR address 0xf1bf0000
Feb 25 16:29:26 HostName kernel: ipmi_kcs_sm: kcs hosed: IBF not ready in time
Feb 25 16:29:26 HostName kernel: Trying to free free IRQ58
Feb 25 16:29:26 HostName kernel: ipmi_si: Trying "kcs" at memory address 0xf1bf0000
Feb 25 16:30:17 HostName ntpd: synchronized to 10.27.21.5, str...

[Fran Garcia]

hi farridem -- did you ever get to fix this?

regards