[Freeipmi-devel] [bugs #8414] Poor handling of values that can only be set on certain platforms

[Anand Babu]

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[bugs #8414] Latest Modifications:

Changes by: 
                Anand Babu <address@hidden>
'Date: 
                Mon 04/05/04 at 23:21 (GMT)

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Current error handler is generic and can exactly translate  BMC's error 
response code to some meaningful English text like "Invalid data field in 
Request". Actual possibilities are huge.
                                                                                
            






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[bugs #8414] Full Item Snapshot:

URL: <http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=8414>
Project: FreeIPMI
Submitted by: Joseph Ruscio
On: Thu 04/01/04 at 17:33

Category:  bmc-config
Severity:  5 - Average
Item Group:  User Interface Bug
Resolution:  None
Assigned to:  None
Status:  Open


Summary:  Poor handling of values that can only be set on certain platforms

Original Submission:  The file containg the current configuration of the BMC 
output from executing contains a comment for each option, listing all 
acceptable values. 

Many of the configuration options do not accept all of the values listed in the 
comments. I assume this is a platform specific situation. Currently attmpeting 
to set these values result in errors of the following types:

error: ipmi_kcs_set_user_access: 204: Invalid data field in Request.

error: ipmi_lan_set_ip_addr_source: 204: Invalid data field in Request.

These are cryptic and should be replaced with something similar to this:

"Unable to set requested <KEY> to <VALUE> either due to specific platform 
restrictions or value being invalid."



Follow-up Comments
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Date: Mon 04/05/04 at 23:21         By: ab
Current error handler is generic and can exactly translate  BMC's error 
response code to some meaningful English text like "Invalid data field in 
Request". Actual possibilities are huge.
                                                                                
            












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