OpenBMC on Supermicro X11SSH-F

[Rick Altherr]

Cool!  Comment inline.

On Sun, Oct 15, 2017 at 3:33 PM, Keno Fischer <keno at juliacomputing.com>
wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> as I mentioned on IRC I've been working on porting OpenBMC to the
> Supermicro
> X11SSH-F board's BMC (an AST2400). It's not complete (lacking most
> sensors, but
> does have leds and host power control), but there's enough there that I'd
> like to
> kick of the discussion on how to incorporate this.
>
> I should note that I have no affiliation with Supermicro and no access to
> the datasheet
> or schematic. What I know about the board was derived by poking the board
> with
> an oscilloscope.
>
>
Glad there are people out there like you who are willing to take the time
to map the signals out.


> The patch sets are here (just so people can take a look, some of them need
> a bit
> of cleanup before I submit them for review):
> linux: https://github.com/Keno/openbmc-linux
> qemu: https://github.com/Keno/openbmc-qemu
> openbmc: https://github.com/Keno/openbmc
>
> With that a couple of questions:
> 1. Are you interested in having support for this board in tree?
>

I certainly am.  It's an easily obtainable off-the-shelf board.


> 2. If so, am i correct that patches
>    a. to the openbmc linux tree should be emailed here
>

Yes.  Looks like you only needed a DTS which is good news.


>    b. to openbmc itself should be submitted via gerrit?
>

Correct.


>    c. to qemu should be emailed upstream with the appropriate cc?
>

Yes

>
> I'd like to thank all the people on IRC who've helped me get this up and
> running.
> I also very much appreciate all the work you've been doing in developing
> this in
> the open and upstreaming your work. I'm hoping my work on this port can
> help
> amplify the impact this work by making openbmc more widely available.
>
> Keno
>
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