host: define new interface for checking condition

With the introduction of the PLDM protocol as a mechanism to communicate
with the host firmware, a more specific mechanism is needed for BMC
software to check if the host is running. Utilizing the generic
Execute() method is confusing, especially considering that all of the
Command types may not be supported by all protocols.

The plan is to deprecate the Control.Host, Execute() with the HeartBeat
command type, in place of this new interface and property. Both IPMI
and PLDM will implement this method and BMC software can query mapper
for implementers on their specific systems.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Geissler <geissonator@yahoo.com>
Change-Id: I102b07a0c795e6af3be48fedee9a31ae816dba11
6 files changed
tree: bdf2737fff3c4dac83f1d6fa72f6452e8a7f5452
  1. com/
  2. gen/
  3. org/
  4. subprojects/
  5. xyz/
  6. .gitignore
  7. .shellcheck
  8. LICENSE
  9. MAINTAINERS
  10. meson.build
  11. meson_options.txt
  12. README.md
README.md

phosphor-dbus-interfaces

YAML descriptors of standard D-Bus interfaces. The format is described by the sdbusplus binding generation tool sdbus++.

Building

This project can be built with meson. The typical meson workflow is: meson builddir && ninja -C builddir.

The meson files used to handle the YAML files are automatically generated and found under the gen subdirectory. When adding or removing YAML files, this must be regenerated. This can be done with the helper script found in the gen subdirectory: cd gen && ./regenerate-meson.

Configuration

Only the xyz/openbmc_project interfaces are built by default. Other interfaces can be enabled by meson options:

  • com/ibm - -Ddata_com_ibm=true
  • org/open_power - -Ddata_org_open_power=true

Example: meson builddir -Ddata_com_ibm=true && ninja -C builddir

References