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[Nokia ixs7215] Add SW assist for platform entropy & fix inband mgmt #6417

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This PR provides the following updates to the Nokia ixs7215 platform

  1. The Marvell Armada-38x SOC requires SW assistance to improve the system
    entropy value available early on in the Sonic boot sequence.
  2. The Nokia ixs7215 platform does not have a dedicated Out-Of-Band (OOB) mgmt
    port and thus requires additional logic to optionally support configuring
    front panel port 48 as an In-Band mgmt port. This commit provides additional
    logic to manage and maintain the operation of this In-Band mgmt port.

These changes are similar to those made for the Marvell et6448m platform as provided in PR# #5749

- Why I did it

  • Improve random number generation during early Sonic initialization by providing SW updates to Linux entropy value.
  • Improve handling of platform In-Band management port

- How I did it

  • Provide logic to update the entropy value via updates to /dev/random
  • Provide logic to monitor the state of the In-Band mgmt port and restart when required.

- How to verify it

  • Confirm presence of /etc/entropy.py
  • Confirm via ps command that inband_mgmt.sh is running on the Sonic host

- Which release branch to backport (provide reason below if selected)

  • 201811
  • 201911
  • 202006
  • 202012

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…support

This commit provides the following updates to the Nokia ixs7215 platform

1. The Marvell Armada-38x SOC requires SW assistance to improve the system
   entropy value available early on in the Sonic boot sequence.
2. The Nokia ixs7215 platform does not have a dedicated Out-Of-Band (OOB) mgmt
   port and thus requires additional logic to optionally support configuring
   front panel port 48 as an In-Band mgmt port. This commit provides additional
   logic to manage and maintain the operation of this In-Band mgmt port.
@lguohan lguohan merged commit 674fac2 into sonic-net:master Jan 13, 2021
lguohan pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Jan 15, 2021
…support (#6417)

- Improve random number generation during early Sonic initialization by providing SW updates to Linux entropy value.
- Improve handling of platform In-Band management port

This commit provides the following updates to the Nokia ixs7215 platform

1. The Marvell Armada-38x SOC requires SW assistance to improve the system
   entropy value available early on in the Sonic boot sequence.
2. The Nokia ixs7215 platform does not have a dedicated Out-Of-Band (OOB) mgmt
   port and thus requires additional logic to optionally support configuring
   front panel port 48 as an In-Band mgmt port. This commit provides additional
   logic to manage and maintain the operation of this In-Band mgmt port.
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