Firmware update failing

[Michael E Brown]

On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 11:55:29AM -0700, Chris Evans wrote:
> In my kickstart files, I have it run the bootstrap for the software,  
> hardware, and firmware repos.

Yes, I will be releasing a new libsmbios version tonight: 0.13.10 which
will fix this.

--
Michael

> 
> After a fresh kickstart of centos 4.5 ( from a 4.4 CD ), I've yum  
> updated the system, and done the initial yum install $ 
> (inventory_firmware -b)
> 
> When I go to update the firmware, I get the following.
> 
> update_firmware  --yes
> 
> Searching storage directory for available BIOS updates...
> 
> Checking Dell PERC 5/i Integrated Controller 1 Firmware - 5.1.1-0040
>          Available: pci_firmware 
> (ven_0x1028_dev_0x0015_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f03) - 5.1.1-0040
>          Did not find a newer package to install that meets all  
> installation checks.
> Checking System BIOS for PowerEdge 1950 - 1.2.0
>          Available: system_bios(ven_0x1028_dev_0x01b3) - 1.3.7
>          Found Update: system_bios(ven_0x1028_dev_0x01b3) - 1.3.7
> 
> Found firmware which needs to be updated.
> 
> Running updates...
> Installing system_bios(ven_0x1028_dev_0x01b3) - 1.3.7
> Installation failed for package: system_bios(ven_0x1028_dev_0x01b3) -  
> 1.3.7
> aborting update...
> 
> The error message from the low-level command was:
> 
> Could not update the system BIOS.
> 
> Many times, this is due to memory constraints. The BIOS update can  
> require from
> 1 to 4 megabytes of physically contiguous free RAM in order to do the  
> update.
> Because memory can become fragmented, this is not always available.  
> To correct
> this, try rebooting and running the update immediately after reboot.
> 
> The output from the low-level bios update command was:
> 
> Supported RBU type for this system: (MONOLITHIC, PACKET)
> Using RBU v1 method: PACKET
> writing (0) to file: /sys/firmware/rbu/rbudatasize
> writing (4096) to file: /sys/firmware/rbu/packetdatasize
> Writing RBU data (4096bytes/ 
> dot): .................................................................. 
> ........................................................................ 
> ........................................................................ 
> .................................................
> IO Error reading HDR File: No such file or directory
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