Made ipmi_locate() informational for the time being. Getting segfaults w/ some Focal systems, and Jeff has opened a bug w/ FreeIPMI.

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/bin/ipmi_test.py b/bin/ipmi_test.py
index c501333..685c381 100755
--- a/bin/ipmi_test.py
+++ b/bin/ipmi_test.py
@@ -268,6 +268,12 @@ class IpmiTest(object):
 
 # call ipmi-locate
 # pass if drivers are loaded
+ # -- update 4-29-20 --
+ # ipmi-locate is throwing segfault when run on some focal
+ # systems during regression testing. bladernr/Jeff has
+ # filed a bug w/ FreeIPMI to address.
+ # we've opted to leave this test informational for data
+ # while this is being investigated.
 def ipmi_locate(self):
 logging.info('-----------------------')
 logging.info('Locating IPMI drivers:')
@@ -277,7 +283,8 @@ class IpmiTest(object):
 self._ipmi_locate_hlpr(ipmi_drivers)
 except self._sub_proc_excs as exc:
 self._proc_exc(exc, self.ipmi_locate.__qualname__)
- return 1
+ # see above comments
+ return 0
 else:
 if (len(ipmi_drivers) > 0):
 logging.info(f'- Found {len(ipmi_drivers)} IPMI driver(s)!')
@@ -285,7 +292,8 @@ class IpmiTest(object):
 return 0
 else:
 logging.info('* Unable to locate IPMI driver(s)!\n')
- return 1
+ # see above comments
+ return 0
 
 # initialize kernel modules, run ipmi tests
 def run_test(self):