firmware-tools on RHEL5 does not update PERC4e/Di firmware

[Michael E Brown]

On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 03:25:01PM +0530, Charles_Rose at dell.com wrote:
> I have RHEL5 installed on a PE6800 with a PERC4e/Di. After downloading
> the updates from http://linux.dell.com/repo/firmware/testing/ and
> running update_firmware shows that there is a newer version of firmware,
> but it is not marked for upgrade. The version on the machine is 522d
> while 5a2d is the newer version. But update_firmware does not prompt me
> to install it.
> 
> [root at c-rhel5 ~]# update_firmware 
> 
> Running system inventory...
> 
> Searching storage directory for available BIOS updates...
> Checking PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller 4e/Di Firmware - 522d
>         Available:
> pci_firmware(ven_0x1028_dev_0x0013_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x016f) - 5a2d
>         Did not find a newer package to install that meets all
> installation checks.
> Checking System BIOS for PowerEdge 6800 - a05
>         Available: system_bios(ven_0x1028_dev_0x016f) - a05
>         Did not find a newer package to install that meets all
> installation checks.

This looks like a legitimate bug, but I'll need to figure out the best
way to fix it. The PERC firmware uses a non-standard and wierd
versioning scheme that does not version compare like normal version
strings.
--
Michael