Host Interface Support

[Jiaqing Zhao]

On 2023-03-27 13:29, abirami sekar wrote:
> Hi Team,
> 
> I am new to openBMC and started learning Redfish.
> Can you please guide me to add HostInterface Support to Redfish.> 
> With Regards,
> Abirami S
> 

USB gadget (https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/usb/gadget_configfs.html)
can be used to create a virtual USB network interface between host and
BMC.

For the remaining parts, you need to program the SMBIOS Type 42 record
in the BIOS for auto-configuring the interface in host OS. Refer
https://www.dmtf.org/sites/default/files/standards/documents/DSP0270_1.0.0.pdf
and
https://uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/14_Samer%20John%20Mike_LENOVO%20INTEL_redfish%20host%20implications.pdf
for more details.