Problems updating BIOS on a PE 860

[Michael E Brown]

On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 08:26:41AM +0200, Jens Vagelpohl wrote:
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> On 28 Aug 2007, at 07:36, Michael E Brown wrote:
> > Lets try a manual upgrade. Change directories to
> > /usr/share/firmware/lsi/... (there should be only one here). You  
> > should
> > be in a directory with a package.ini, package.xml, and a .rom file.
> >
> > Now, there are two SAS5 flash programs. I'm going to take a stab and
> > guess that you need "sas5iradapter", but if that doesnt work, also try
> > "sas5irint".
> >
> > While you are in the directory with the .rom file, run this command:
> >
> > LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/libexec/dell-lsiflash /usr/libexec/dell- 
> > lsiflash/sas5iradapter -a
> >
> > This should flash the adapter. Note any wierd messages.
> 
> Doesn't seem to work. I have a folder at /usr/share/firmware/lsi/ 
> pci_firmware_ven_0x1000_dev_0x0054_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x1f09_version_a 
> 02 which contains this:
> 
> # ls -al
> total 272
> drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Aug 28 08:21 .
> drwxr-xr-x  3 root root   4096 Aug 27 11:03 ..
> - -rw-r--r--  1 root root 183808 Aug  9 20:40 dllsasir.rom
> - -rw-r--r--  1 root root    460 Aug  9 20:40 package.ini
> - -rw-r--r--  1 root root   8502 Aug  9 20:40 package.xml
> - -rw-r--r--  1 root root  22224 Aug 28 08:21 SASDevDiagDiagnostic.log
> 
> Running "sas5iradapter" with either just "-a" or with "-a -f /full/ 
> path/to/dllsasir.rom" yields this XML output:
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
>   <SVMExecution lang="en">
>    <Device vendorID="1000" deviceID="0054" subDeviceID="1F09"  
> subVendorID="1028" bus="2" device="8" function="0" display="Dell SAS  
> 5/iR Adapter Controller 1">
>     <Application componentType="FRMW"  
> version="00.06.50.00.06.06.00.02" display="Dell SAS 5/iR Adapter  
> Controller 1 Firmware">
>      <Package version="(null)"/>
>      <SPStatus result="false">
>       <Message id="9">The operation failed since the image file was  
> not found.</Message>
>      </SPStatus>
>     </Application>
>    </Device>
>    <SPStatus result = "false">
>     <Message id="9">The operation failed since the image file was not  
> found.</Message>

I have a missing file in the package. I think it needs "SAS5II.FW" as
well. I'll check to see why this file is missing. 

...

Ok, I see the problem and will need to create new LSI payload RPMs.
Should be later today.
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Michael