Increase default size of UBI read-write volume

The default size of the UBI read-write volume is currently set to 4MB.
There are no plans to store more than one BMC rootfs image on the chip
so in a 32MB flash chip, accounting for the current rootfs image size
of ~15MB with plans to grow to ~20MB with the addition of redfish and
other packages, it is safe to increase the read-write volume size to
6MB since the current size is already almost completely taken up if
there are multiple error logs / dumps on the system.

In addition, make the size configurable from a recipe so that the
size can be changed in a per-system basis. And during code update,
check the current size and update it if it's different, this allows
systems to be able to be resized to a new size by performing factory
reset after a code update that sets the new size.

Tested:
- Booted on QEMU and verified non-ubi system (romulus) retains the
current 4MB read-write volume, and ubi system (witherspoon) has a
6MB volume.
- Code updated to an image that has these changes and verified the
rwfs_size env variable changes to 6MB, and that a subsequent factory
reset rebuilds the volume with size 6MB.

Change-Id: I995eb560c1bd87ee95712c731e3d6e55bc0b2735
Signed-off-by: Adriana Kobylak <anoo@us.ibm.com>
6 files changed
tree: 6de84ea120aae9e599c06f76d6fd2f9e4c37b392
  1. import-layers/
  2. meta-openbmc-bsp/
  3. meta-openbmc-machines/
  4. meta-phosphor/
  5. .gitignore
  6. .gitreview
  7. .templateconf
  8. openbmc-env
  9. README.md
  10. setup
README.md

OpenBMC

Build Status

The OpenBMC project can be described as a Linux distribution for embedded devices that have a BMC; typically, but not limited to, things like servers, top of rack switches or RAID appliances. The OpenBMC stack uses technologies such as Yocto, OpenEmbedded, systemd, and D-Bus to allow easy customization for your server platform.

Setting up your OpenBMC project

1) Prerequisite

  • Ubuntu 14.04
sudo apt-get install -y git build-essential libsdl1.2-dev texinfo gawk chrpath diffstat
  • Fedora 23
sudo dnf install -y git patch diffstat texinfo chrpath SDL-devel bitbake
sudo dnf groupinstall "C Development Tools and Libraries"

2) Download the source

git clone git@github.com:openbmc/openbmc.git
cd openbmc

3) Target your hardware

Any build requires an environment variable known as TEMPLATECONF to be set to a hardware target. OpenBMC has placed all known hardware targets in a standard directory structure meta-openbmc-machines/meta-[architecture]/meta-[company]/meta-[target]. You can see all of the known targets with find meta-openbmc-machines -type d -name conf. Choose the hardware target and then move to the next step. Additional examples can be found in the OpenBMC Cheatsheet

MachineTEMPLATECONF
Palmettometa-openbmc-machines/meta-openpower/meta-ibm/meta-palmetto/conf
Barreleyemeta-openbmc-machines/meta-openpower/meta-rackspace/meta-barreleye/conf
Zaiusmeta-openbmc-machines/meta-openpower/meta-ingrasys/meta-zaius/conf
Witherspoonmeta-openbmc-machines/meta-openpower/meta-ibm/meta-witherspoon/conf

As an example target Palmetto

export TEMPLATECONF=meta-openbmc-machines/meta-openpower/meta-ibm/meta-palmetto/conf

4) Build

. openbmc-env
bitbake obmc-phosphor-image

Additional details can be found in the docs repository.

Build Validation and Testing

Commits submitted by members of the OpenBMC GitHub community are compiled and tested via our Jenkins server. Commits are run through two levels of testing. At the repository level the makefile make check directive is run. At the system level, the commit is built into a firmware image and run with an arm-softmmu QEMU model against a barrage of CI tests.

Commits submitted by non-members do not automatically proceed through CI testing. After visual inspection of the commit, a CI run can be manually performed by the reviewer.

Automated testing against the QEMU model along with supported systems are performed. The OpenBMC project uses the Robot Framework for all automation. Our complete test repository can be found here.

Submitting Patches

Support of additional hardware and software packages is always welcome. Please follow the contributing guidelines when making a submission. It is expected that contributions contain test cases.

Bug Reporting

Issues are managed on GitHub. It is recommended you search through the issues before opening a new one.

Features of OpenBMC

Feature List

  • REST Management
  • IPMI
  • SSH based SOL
  • Power and Cooling Management
  • Event Logs
  • Zeroconf discoverable
  • Sensors
  • Inventory
  • LED Management
  • Host Watchdog
  • Simulation
  • Code Update Support for multiple BMC/BIOS images
  • POWER On Chip Controller (OCC) Support

Features In Progress

  • Full IPMI 2.0 Compliance with DCMI
  • Verified Boot
  • HTML5 Java Script Web User Interface
  • BMC RAS

Features Requested but need help

  • OpenCompute Redfish Compliance
  • OpenBMC performance monitoring
  • cgroup user management and policies
  • Remote KVM
  • Remote USB
  • OpenStack Ironic Integration
  • QEMU enhancements

Finding out more

Dive deeper in to OpenBMC by opening the docs repository.

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