Firmware Version in ipmi mc info

[Shakeeb B K]

Hi Tom,

Thanks for the reply.
But it doesn't seem to work as expected. I'm looking at the witherspoon-bmc
on QEMU.

root at witherspoon:~# systemctl status
xyz.openbmc_project.Software.BMC.Updater
* *xyz.openbmc_project.Software.BMC.Updater.service* - OpenBMC Software
Update Manager
     Loaded: loaded
(/lib/systemd/system/xyz.openbmc_project.Software.BMC.Updater.service;
enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
    Drop-In:
/lib/systemd/system/xyz.openbmc_project.Software.BMC.Updater.service.d
             `-software-bmc-updater.conf
     Active: *active (running)* since Thu 2020-11-05 14:10:57 UTC; 13h ago
   Main PID: 387 (phosphor-image-)
     CGroup: /system.slice/xyz.openbmc_project.Software.BMC.Updater.service
             `-387 /usr/bin/phosphor-image-updater

Nov 05 14:10:53 witherspoon systemd[1]: Starting OpenBMC Software Update
Manager...
Nov 05 14:10:57 witherspoon systemd[1]: Started OpenBMC Software Update
Manager.

root at witherspoon:~# busctl get-property xyz.openbmc_project.State.BMC
/xyz/openbmc_project/state/bmc0 xyz.openbmc_project.State.BMC
CurrentBMCState
s "*xyz.openbmc_project.State.BMC.BMCState.Ready*"


*root at witherspoon:~# busctl get-property
xyz.openbmc_project.Software.Version /xyz/openbmc_project/software
xyz.openbmc_project.Software.Version VersionFailed to get property Version
on interface xyz.openbmc_project.Software.Version: Unknown interface
xyz.openbmc_project.Software.Version or property Version.*

root at witherspoon:~# busctl introspect --no-pager
xyz.openbmc_project.Software.Version /xyz/openbmc_project/software
NAME                                TYPE      SIGNATURE  RESULT/VALUE  FLAGS
org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable interface -          -             -
.Introspect                         method    -          s             -
org.freedesktop.DBus.ObjectManager  interface -          -             -
.GetManagedObjects                  method    -          a{oa{sa{sv}}} -
.InterfacesAdded                    signal    oa{sa{sv}} -             -
.InterfacesRemoved                  signal    oas        -             -
org.freedesktop.DBus.Peer           interface -          -             -
.GetMachineId                       method    -          s             -
.Ping                               method    -          -             -
org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties     interface -          -             -
.Get                                method    ss         v             -
.GetAll                             method    s          a{sv}         -
.Set                                method    ssv        -             -
.PropertiesChanged                  signal    sa{sv}as   -             -


Thanks,
Shakeeb

On Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 8:37 AM TOM JOSEPH <tomjose at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
wrote:

> Hey Shakeeb,
>
> The service implementing the xyz.openbmc_project.Software.Version should
> be running in the case of a normal boot as well. In our systems the service
> is xyz.openbmc_project.Software.BMC.Updater and the Version property is
> populated when the BMCState is Ready.
> Regards,
> Tom
>
> On 05-11-2020 20:02, Shakeeb B K wrote:
>
> Hi All, Currently the ipmi handler for "mc info" command depends on the
> "Version"...
>
>
> This Message Is From an External Sender
> This message came from outside your organization.
> Hi All,
>
> Currently the ipmi handler for "mc info" command depends on the "Version"
> property on interface xyz.openbmc_project.Software.Version.
> But this is getting populated only on the image update path by
> phosphor-bmc-code-mgmt.
> Shouldn't the version be set on a normal boot as well? Is this a gap in
> current implementation?
>
> Thanks,
> Shakeeb
>
>
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