Re: MIPS64EL port box is ready for use
On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 7:56 PM, Aron Xu <aron@debian.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 2:40 AM, Bastien ROUCARIES
> <roucaries.bastien@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 7:35 PM, Aron Xu <aron@debian.org> wrote:
>>> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 1:15 AM, Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@err.no> wrote:
>>>> ]] Aron Xu
>>>>
>>>>> > IPMI would be lovely, but I'm not sure we can locate a board right now with
>>>>> > that - so, we may have to fix remote management with a remotely controlled
>>>>> > power/reset box - I believe they exist (something else I've been looking
>>>>> > into). If the DSA already use some then I'd be interested to hear which :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't know if IPMI is available, but there is certain kind of PCI
>>>>> device that can help with remotely power on/off the machine controlled
>>>>> by SMS. I'm curious if DSA think IPMI is mandatory for buildd and
>>>>> porterbox.
>>>>
>>>> We would very much like «reasonable remote access». Whether that's IPMI
>>>> onto a BMC or serial console which can interact with the boot loader and
>>>> a network-enabled power strip is less important. Of course, having nice
>>>> features like mounting of ISOs over HTTP and such is a nice bonus, but
>>>> not a requirement.
>>>>
>>>> We haven't really talked about how and when it should be enforced, but
>>>> I'm reluctant to take on more porter hardware that lacks reasonable
>>>> remote management.
>>>>
>>>
>>> If we can find a way of letting Loongson 3A board supports remote
>>> console then you are able to re-install the system because PMON have
>>> networking support and can boot the system from tftp. Power control
>>> can be done by hacking the on-board power button pins.
>>
>> It could be done trivally from a chip arm card. Using socat from a tty
>> to a ssh tunnel
>> see http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/doc/socat-ttyovertcp.txt
>
> Looks really cool, and I think it's doable to support power control
> like what you've suggested already.
What are the safety specification appliable by DSA ? Main tension ?
Does the board have a power brick ?
Bastien
>
> Cheers,
> Aron Xu
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