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doc: release: v18.3.0: add note about bmc dmc rename in migration guide
Add a note about renaming BMC to DMC in order to avoid conflicts with the IPMI specification. Signed-off-by: Curtis Blackburn <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Chris Friedt <[email protected]>
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@@ -10,3 +10,9 @@ This document lists recommended and required changes for those migrating from th
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of the combined firmware bundles will be of the form
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* `fw_pack-<major>.<minor>.<patch>.fwbundle` for final releases, and
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* `fw_pack-<major>.<minor>.<patch>-rc<N>.fwbundle` for release candidates (pre-releases)
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* The Board Management Controller (BMC) on Blackhole cards has been renamed to Device Management
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Controller (DMC) in order to reduce possible confusion around the standard industry Baseboard
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Management Controller (BMC) which is part of the [Intelligent Platform Management Interface](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent_Platform_Management_Interface)
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(IPMI) specification. Any automation or scripts that refer to that "cpu cluster" (in Zephyr
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terminology) or application (`app/bmc`) should be adjusted accordingly.

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