For exploring the api, a write-only attribute presents difficulty. Address this by allowing
plugins to return a '' value and have ipmi plugin return that value to enable things
like the web api explorer.
Previously some rather uncomfortable looking output would be emitted at someone trying to restart
confluent if not running. Be nicer and recognize when service is not running and a stop attempt is made.
Plugins may implement bootmode as appropriate. Currently, the only
example usage is how IPMI can indicate BIOS style versus UEFI style
boot.
Additionally, limitations of the ChoiceMessage base object around
handling multi-parameter pieces of data are addressed.
When the behavior fix for exiting on error was put in, it caused it to fail
exiting when remote disconnects. Address by showing that the console
is definitely not active as well as exit being required now.
After implementing timestamps, error data was erroneously persisted. Address
by deleting the state once consumed in constructing the relevant status string.
The buffer age was not working as intended
The fix to exit on error exited overly eagerly
The log replay failed to report a third value if file did not exist.
For certain scenarios (e.g. wcons), having a path to get in and communicate data from the outside.
For starters, have a 'GETWINID' directive for wcons to use to fetch the unambiguous window id
to use for xwininfo tricks. TODO includes concepts from xtcd.pl that enabled things like warr
To facilitate a clean coordinated shutdown, create a verb so that a termination can be done
and know when it is completed. Only allow for the 'special' case of 'skipauth', where unix domain
socket connection is in hand and only root or the service owner can access.
As it heads into RC, will start using the tags and
overly simplifying things in the same way xCAT
revs versions even without changes for the sake
of consistency
When logging was changed from none to full, it would always
start and immediately abort connecting to start again.
Change this by deciding which connection liveness strategy
to use based on how many settings changed. If just logging
changes, then connect only if not connected or connecting.
If more changes, then skip that kinder strategy and go straight
to reconnecting.
Make sure that the dbm object is closed before another thread might come along. Out of an overabundance of caution,
also join() existing cfgwriter thread to make sure that only one thread touches it at a time. In theory, it should only possibly
be after the db is closed, but take no chances.
If the sync thread had moved beyond the point of checking _writepending, but had not quite managed to trigger
isAlive() to be false, the sync cfg to file would transition to never work. Address this by adding one lock and one boolean.
Inside the lock, the two booleans are manipulated to atomically mark the end of thread sync activity linked with
check for pending data to write.
Previously, the console start path would bail out without consuming the '_requestdone' message.
Correct this by reading until requestdone is seen as required by protocol.
If there is a persistent IPMI session and the first to notice was a user request
it would fail with unexpected error. Correct the situation to expect the error
and report more precisely as to the cause.
As usergroups come to exist, make it obvious whether a group is user or node
bound. The attribute names stay the same (since the 'groups' of a 'node' is
clearly 'nodegroup')
