Intel MEI module for AMT/vPro

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Intel MEI module for AMT/vPro #653

Open hadleyrich opened 4 months ago

hadleyrich commented 4 months ago

It appears it the Intel MEI module may have been available here?

https://github.com/xcp-ng/xcp/blob/b50d6a6163980753f05e36117c6581d9bb3ab64c/data/8.2/comparison-CH8.1-CH8.2.txt#L365

I can't find any other references but I don't know the build system so perhaps I'm missing something.

Is this not supported for a reason or would it be possible to build the module?

stormi commented 2 months ago

It was likely removed by XenServer packagers. I don't know why.

What is this module useful for?

hadleyrich commented 2 months ago

It was likely removed by XenServer packagers. I don't know why.

What is this module useful for?

Thanks for the follow up :)

It's Intel's built in IPMI / Out of Band Management, which is provided by some of their CPU/Chipsets/NICs. I believe it's (mostly?) consumer-grade which is possibly not XCP-ng's main target, but does appear on some small business gear. It would be useful to me (and perhaps others I assume) if it's not excluded for a particular reason.

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