Bug 1540294

Does it have any other impact aside from console output?

> Does it have any other impact aside from console output?

I misread... does it have any other impact aside from log messages?

Hi Kevin,

I dont see any of the dmi facts getting collected and reported in subscription-manager fact --list.

[root@hp-moonshot-03-c42 test]#  subscription-manager facts --list | grep dmi
[root@hp-moonshot-03-c42 test]# subscription-manager facts --list
cpu.core(s)_per_socket: 8
cpu.cpu(s): 8
cpu.cpu_socket(s): 1
cpu.thread(s)_per_core: 1
cpu.topology_source: kernel /sys cpu sibling lists
distribution.id: Maipo
distribution.name: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
distribution.version: 7.5
distribution.version.modifier: beta
lscpu.architecture: aarch64
lscpu.bogomips: 100.00
lscpu.byte_order: Little Endian
lscpu.core(s)_per_socket: 8
lscpu.cpu(s): 8
lscpu.flags: fp asimd evtstrm cpuid
lscpu.l1d_cache: unknown size
lscpu.l1i_cache: unknown size
lscpu.l2_cache: unknown size
lscpu.model: 1
lscpu.numa_node(s): 1
lscpu.numa_node0_cpu(s): 0-7
lscpu.on-line_cpu(s)_list: 0-7
lscpu.socket(s): 1
lscpu.thread(s)_per_core: 1
memory.memtotal: 66409408
memory.swaptotal: 33488832
net.interface.eno1.ipv4_address: 10.12.0.250
net.interface.eno1.ipv4_address_list: 10.12.0.250
net.interface.eno1.ipv4_broadcast: 10.12.7.255
net.interface.eno1.ipv4_broadcast_list: 10.12.7.255
net.interface.eno1.ipv4_netmask: 21
net.interface.eno1.ipv4_netmask_list: 21
net.interface.eno1.ipv6_address.global: 2620:52:0:c00:1658:d0ff:fe58:6522
net.interface.eno1.ipv6_address.global_list: 2620:52:0:c00:1658:d0ff:fe58:6522
net.interface.eno1.ipv6_address.link: fe80::1658:d0ff:fe58:6522
net.interface.eno1.ipv6_address.link_list: fe80::1658:d0ff:fe58:6522
net.interface.eno1.ipv6_netmask.global: 64
net.interface.eno1.ipv6_netmask.global_list: 64
net.interface.eno1.ipv6_netmask.link: 64
net.interface.eno1.ipv6_netmask.link_list: 64
net.interface.eno1.mac_address: 14:58:D0:58:65:22
net.interface.eno1d1.mac_address: 14:58:D0:58:65:23
net.interface.lo.ipv4_address: 127.0.0.1
net.interface.lo.ipv4_address_list: 127.0.0.1
net.interface.lo.ipv4_broadcast: Unknown
net.interface.lo.ipv4_broadcast_list: Unknown
net.interface.lo.ipv4_netmask: 8
net.interface.lo.ipv4_netmask_list: 8
net.interface.lo.ipv6_address.host: ::1
net.interface.lo.ipv6_address.host_list: ::1
net.interface.lo.ipv6_netmask.host: 128
net.interface.lo.ipv6_netmask.host_list: 128
network.fqdn: hp-moonshot-03-c42.lab.eng.rdu.redhat.com
network.hostname: hp-moonshot-03-c42.lab.eng.rdu.redhat.com
network.ipv4_address: 10.12.0.250
network.ipv6_address: 2620:52:0:c00:1658:d0ff:fe58:6522
proc_cpuinfo.common.bogomips: 100.00
proc_cpuinfo.common.cpu_architecture: 8
proc_cpuinfo.common.cpu_implementer: 0x50
proc_cpuinfo.common.cpu_part: 0x000
proc_cpuinfo.common.cpu_revision: 1
proc_cpuinfo.common.cpu_variant: 0x0
proc_cpuinfo.common.features: fp asimd evtstrm cpuid
system.certificate_version: 3.2
system.default_locale: en_IN.UTF-8
uname.machine: aarch64
uname.nodename: hp-moonshot-03-c42.lab.eng.rdu.redhat.com
uname.release: 4.14.0-36.el7a.aarch64
uname.sysname: Linux
uname.version: #1 SMP Wed Jan 31 08:40:38 EST 2018
virt.host_type: Not Applicable
virt.is_guest: False

however i see that dmi facts are reported on a normal RHEL 7.5 x86_64 machine.

that's the only thing i could find out.

[root@hp-moonshot-03-c43 ~]# python
Python 2.7.5 (default, Dec  8 2017, 11:45:49) 
[GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-25)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import dmidecode
>>> dmidecode.get_warnings()
'/sys/firmware/efi/systab: SMBIOS entry point missing\nNo SMBIOS nor DMI entry point found, sorry.\n'
>>> dmidecode.system()
{}
>>> dmidecode.get_warnings()
'/sys/firmware/efi/systab: SMBIOS entry point missing\nNo SMBIOS nor DMI entry point found, sorry.\nPermission denied to memory file/device (/dev/mem)\nPermission denied to memory file/device (/dev/mem)\nPermission denied to memory file/device (/dev/mem)\n'
>>> quit()
[root@hp-moonshot-03-c43 ~]# 
[root@hp-moonshot-03-c43 ~]# rpm -qa | grep dmidecode
dmidecode-3.0-5.el7.aarch64
python-dmidecode-3.12.2-2.el7.aarch64


This bug should probably belong to component python-dmidecode

See bug 1509938 for the python-dmidecode problem.  The module should be trying to read /sys/firmware/dmi/* instead of the raw /dev/mem device because the raw /dev/mem device has been disabled intentionally on aarch64 (see bug 1456956).

Moving to rhel-alt-7.6

The python-dmidecode bug was CLOSED WONTFIX with the recommendation to migrate to pure dmidecode.  Apparently the python-dmidecode upstream is not responding and it may not be maintained any longer.

We will be considering this bug in the future fr RHEL 9 https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHELPLAN-46044 . Hence closing this bug on RHEL 7 .

thanks,
Rehana