Ampere OpenBMC v1.11.100

What's New in v1.11.100

Warning: due to SPI NOR layout change, follow the "Steps to update BMC firmware using u-boot" below to update from pre-1.07 previous version to THIS version. If you are upgrading from v1.07 then the regular upgrade procedure applies

• Support IPMI SOL for CPU UART.
• Fix IPMI chassis bootdev clear-cmos not taking affect.
• Correct output response from the IPMI Get Bootstrap Account Credentials command
• Fix BMC occasional crashed when doing Host CPU power cycle/reset/reboot stress test.

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