On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 01:56:45PM -0700, Al Chu wrote:
> 1) I think you should move the original:
>
> /* added by lane */
> { 0x81, "cannot execute command, SEL erase in progress" },
>
> from ipmi_ccode_vals[] into a new array and add command specific error
> support into get_ccode_cmd_text().
See below.
> 2) I believe your patch works for this particular instance, b/c in 0x39
> is only used by the get session challenge command. However (if you take
> a look in table 44-11), there are many "commands" that use the same hex
> "cmd" code. (i.e. both get device id and get chassis status and get set
> lan configuration parameters use cmd == 0x01.) So get_ccode_cmd_text()
> should key off both the cmd and the network function in order to
> determine which command specific error code string array to use.
You're right. Good point.
> 3)
> The coding requirements and semantics for wireshark are largely unknown
> to me, so I apologize if what I say below is faux pas for wireshark.
>
> If a command specific error code is returned but doesn't have an command
> specific array of strings supported, it should instead say "Command
> Specific Error" instead of just "Unknown".
Sure, just return a message like "Command specific error not supported yet"
in range 80-BEh by default if there is no implementation yet.
thanks,
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Fl�vio
