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

[Charles_Rose at Dell.com]

Michael,
I verified this, it is fixed now, thanks!

-Charles

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brown, Michael E
> Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 2:17 AM
> To: Brown, Michael E; Rose, Charles
> Cc: firmware-tools-devel at lists.us.dell.com
> Subject: RE: firmware-tools on RHEL5 does not update PERC4e/Di
firmware
> 
> Charles,
> 
> The update for this is now in the official repo. Can you retest? I've
tested this myself on two
> different systems and it appears to be closed.
> --
> Michael
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: firmware-tools-devel-bounces at lists.us.dell.com on behalf of
Michael E Brown
> Sent: Mon 2/25/2008 9:34 AM
> To: Rose, Charles
> Cc: firmware-tools-devel at lists.us.dell.com
> Subject: Re: firmware-tools on RHEL5 does not update PERC4e/Di
firmware
> 
> 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
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