| 2019-11-18 13:25:06 |
Christian Ehrhardt |
bug |
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added bug |
| 2019-11-18 13:25:27 |
Christian Ehrhardt |
description |
Hi,
this package is severely outdated has no upstream anymore and is meant to support HW that doesn't exist for years.
The package src:ibmasm-utils in the version that Ubuntu has is responsible and providing drivers for (from its Readme):
- Remote Supervisor Adapter, which is an option on specific models
of xSeries servers (Remote Mouse / Keyboard available if the
Adapter firmware supports those functions)
There are newer versions in Suse/RedHat (http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/dag/redhat/el6/i386/ibmusbasm-1.10.2-1.2.el6.rf.i686.html) that would build more:
- Advanced System Management PCI Adapter card and its associated
Shared Serial Port.
- Advanced System Management Processor, which is part of the
planar board on specific models of Netfinity and IBM eServer
xSeries servers
- Automatic Server Restart (ASR) which is built onto the
planar board of specific models of xSeries servers
- Remote Supervisor Adapter, which is an option on specific models
of xSeries servers
But even in RH/Suse this was removed later releases it seems.
But all that is outdated and no more needed IMHO.
The product itself is at [1] and in Wiki [2].
There is a kernel driver which still exists "ibmasm" but the last real update (not just global search and replace to API/infrastructure changes) is more than a decade ago.
I doubt it is ever used in former still active releases of Ubuntu, but if so that is fine.
OTOH I think it would be wrong to let it enter another Ubuntu LTS, therefore please consider removing this from Ubuntu releases.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Remote_Supervisor_Adapter
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Remote_Supervisor_Adapter |
Hi,
this package is severely outdated has no upstream anymore and is meant to support HW that doesn't exist for years.
The package src:ibmasm-utils in the version that Ubuntu has is responsible and providing drivers for (from its Readme):
- Remote Supervisor Adapter, which is an option on specific models
of xSeries servers (Remote Mouse / Keyboard available if the
Adapter firmware supports those functions)
There are newer versions in Suse/RedHat (http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/dag/redhat/el6/i386/ibmusbasm-1.10.2-1.2.el6.rf.i686.html) that would build more:
- Advanced System Management PCI Adapter card and its associated
Shared Serial Port.
- Advanced System Management Processor, which is part of the
planar board on specific models of Netfinity and IBM eServer
xSeries servers
- Automatic Server Restart (ASR) which is built onto the
planar board of specific models of xSeries servers
- Remote Supervisor Adapter, which is an option on specific models
of xSeries servers
But even in RH/Suse this was removed later releases it seems.
But all that is outdated and no more needed IMHO.
The product itself is at [1] and in Wiki [2].
There is a kernel driver which still exists "ibmasm" but the last real update (not just global search and replace to API/infrastructure changes) is more than a decade ago.
I doubt it is ever used in former still active releases of Ubuntu, but if so that is fine.
OTOH I think it would be wrong to let it enter another Ubuntu LTS, therefore please consider removing this from Ubuntu releases.
[1]: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/overview-remote-supervisor-adapter
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Remote_Supervisor_Adapter |
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| 2019-11-18 13:25:34 |
Christian Ehrhardt |
ibmasm-utils (Ubuntu): assignee |
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Christian Ehrhardt (paelzer) |
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| 2019-11-18 13:25:46 |
Christian Ehrhardt |
ibmasm-utils (Ubuntu): assignee |
Christian Ehrhardt (paelzer) |
Frank Heimes (frank-heimes) |
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| 2019-11-25 09:24:15 |
Christian Ehrhardt |
ibmasm-utils (Ubuntu): assignee |
Frank Heimes (frank-heimes) |
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| 2019-11-25 09:36:56 |
Christian Ehrhardt |
ibmasm-utils (Ubuntu): assignee |
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Ubuntu Package Archive Administrators (ubuntu-archive) |
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| 2019-11-25 09:37:00 |
Christian Ehrhardt |
bug |
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added subscriber Ubuntu Package Archive Administrators |
| 2019-12-04 14:25:44 |
Sebastien Bacher |
ibmasm-utils (Ubuntu): status |
New |
Fix Released |
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| 2019-12-04 14:30:38 |
Launchpad Janitor |
merge proposal linked |
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https://code.launchpad.net/~paelzer/ubuntu-seeds/+git/platform/+merge/376334 |
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| 2019-12-04 14:32:04 |
Launchpad Janitor |
merge proposal linked |
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https://code.launchpad.net/~paelzer/ubuntu-seeds/+git/platform/+merge/376335 |
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