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commiteee4542ced375453fca83046e189bc4334c0a900[log] [tgz]
authorMichael Tritz <mtritz@us.ibm.com>Tue Mar 13 16:53:15 2018 -0500
committerBrad Bishop <bradleyb@fuzziesquirrel.com>Wed Apr 25 19:35:46 2018 +0000
treea921e0faec22f86661ad338819a208e52f12b6fe
parentabbc4646982b5d11d5c88eb31834da6332018b1a [diff]
Clear volatile PNOR partitions when required

The OpenPOWER host firmware requires OpenBMC to clear out certain
"volatile" sections of it's flash chip in certain scenarios:
- Any fresh power on
- Any boot/reboot of the server where a certain "volatile" sensor is
  enabled

This commit utilizes the obmc-host-start target, which is only run during
fresh power on operations, to ensure the volatile sensor is set. The new
obmc-host-startmin target is then utilized to check for this sensor and
clear the host volatile flash sections if the sensor is set. In this
way, the volatile flash sections are cleared on all fresh power on
operations and in any reboot loop that the host has set the sensor.

Testing:
- Clean Power On (cleared as expected)
Starting Enable the clearing of the Volatile PNOR partitions in host0...
Started Enable the clearing of the Volatile PNOR partitions in host0.
Starting Clear the Volatile PNOR partitions in host0 if Enabled...
Clear /var/lib/phosphor-software-manager/pnor/rw/HB_VOLATILE
Started Clear the Volatile PNOR partitions in host0 if Enabled.

- Host Reboot with host running (cleared as expected)
Starting Clear the Volatile PNOR partitions in host0 if Enabled...
Clear /var/lib/phosphor-software-manager/pnor/rw/HB_VOLATILE
Started Clear the Volatile PNOR partitions in host0 if Enabled.

- Reboot during hostboot, before istep 16 (nothing cleared as expected)
Starting Clear the Volatile PNOR partitions in host0 if Enabled...
Started Clear the Volatile PNOR partitions in host0 if Enabled.

Resolves openbmc/openbmc#2397

Change-Id: I56a897ce8919a95f9e80ab730ecabf880723f1f6
Signed-off-by: Michael Tritz <mtritz@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Geissler <geissonator@yahoo.com>
4 files changed
tree: a921e0faec22f86661ad338819a208e52f12b6fe
  1. import-layers/
  2. meta-openbmc-bsp/
  3. meta-openbmc-machines/
  4. meta-phosphor/
  5. bitbake ⇨ import-layers/yocto-poky/bitbake
  6. documentation ⇨ import-layers/yocto-poky/documentation
  7. LICENSE ⇨ import-layers/yocto-poky/LICENSE
  8. meta ⇨ import-layers/yocto-poky/meta
  9. meta-poky ⇨ import-layers/yocto-poky/meta-poky
  10. meta-selftest ⇨ import-layers/yocto-poky/meta-selftest
  11. meta-skeleton ⇨ import-layers/yocto-poky/meta-skeleton
  12. meta-yocto-bsp ⇨ import-layers/yocto-poky/meta-yocto-bsp
  13. oe-init-build-env ⇨ import-layers/yocto-poky/oe-init-build-env
  14. oe-init-build-env-memres ⇨ import-layers/yocto-poky/oe-init-build-env-memres
  15. scripts ⇨ import-layers/yocto-poky/scripts
  16. .gitignore
  17. .gitreview
  18. .templateconf
  19. openbmc-env
  20. README.md
  21. 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
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.

Contact