Ampere OpenBMC v1.07.100

What's New in v1.07.100

Warning: due to SPI NOR layout change, follow the steps below to update to this version from previous version

• Change BMC SPI-NOR layout to use 64MB. Need to update from u-boot to flash 64MB firmware from 32 MB firmware, and vice versa.
• Preliminary support for entity-manager/dbus-sensor. Note that the default build still use phosphor-hwmon.
  To configure to use entity-manager instead of phosphor-hwmon, refer to instructions below.
• Update the "LastState" field in Boot Progress properties of Redfish schema redfish/v1/System/system.
• Switch to use phosphor-nvme for NVMe temperature reading. Verified on the PM983 2.5" 960GB SSD drives.
• Support the ‘ipmitool mc guid’ command to return System GUID.
• Support CHICONY PSU in inventory.
• Other bug fixes and improvements

Steps to update BMC firmware using u-boot

1. Reboot BMC from its console. Type quickly to keep BMC stop at u-boot.
2. From u-boot command prompt:
   1. Update ethact and set BMC MAC address (if not available)
      # setenv ethact FTGMAC100#1
# setenv eth1addr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
   2. Run DHCP to get IP
      # dhcp
   3. Set TFTP server IP and download the firmware image (in the raw *.img format)
      # setenv serverip tftp-server-ip-address
# tftp 0x80000000 bmc-image
3. Flash the firmware image into the main SPI-NOR
   # protect off 0x20000000 +${filesize}; erase 0x20000000 +${filesize}; cp.b 0x80000000 0x20000000 ${filesize};protect on all
4. Reboot to boot to new OpenBMC

To enable entity-manager/dbus-sensor

1. Delete meta-ampere/meta-jade/recipes-phosphor/sensors/phosphor-hwmon_%.bbappend file
2. Update meta-ampere/meta-jade/recipes-phosphor/packagegroups/packagegroup-obmc-apps.bbappend as follows:
   1. Add dbus-sensor and entity-manager to RDEPENDS_${PN}-extras_append_mtjade
RDEPENDS_${PN}-extras_append_mtjade = " \ ${POWER_SERVICE_PACKAGES} \ webui-vue \ phosphor-image-signing \ phosphor-virtual-sensor \ dbus-sensors \ entity-manager \ "
   2. Remove phosphor-hwmon and change sensors-hwmon to dbus-sensor:
      RDEPENDS_${PN}-extras_remove_mtjade = " phosphor-hwmon"
VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_obmc-sensors-hwmon ?= "dbus-sensors"