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Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH 0 of 1] Deal with Serial Over LAN (SOL) IPMI

To: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH 0 of 1] Deal with Serial Over LAN (SOL) IPMI interfaces.
From: Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:48:19 +0200
Cc: "Gary.Grebus@xxxxxxxxxx" <Gary.Grebus@xxxxxxxxxx>, "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 11:36:09AM -0500, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 04:38:33PM +0000, Keir Fraser wrote:
> > On 14/12/2009 15:10, "Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk" <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > > During the testing of Intel blades we found that the Serial Over LAN
> > > does not generate IRQs that well. Gary came up with a patch that
> > > figures out if it needs to poll or just work as before (IRQ). The benefit
> > > of this patch is that you don't need to do:
> > > 
> > > com1=115200,8n1,0
> > > 
> > > but instead can just do com1=115200,8n1 which is great in the field
> > > where you don't want the bootup file to change.
> > 
> > Kinda gross, and I'm not sure it's straightforward enough that I trust it on
> > all systems that currently work fine (vast majority). I *might* consider it
> 
> We (Virtual Iron) were confident enough to make it turned on in our 
> production builds.
> I do not have the list of machines we certified anymore (the web-page went
> bye-bye) so I can't give you the test scope data :-(
> 

Not sure if the Virtual Iron HCL helps.. it seems to be here:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/vm/virtual-iron-documentation.html

-- Pasi


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