unable to update firmware on fedora 11

[Matt Domsch]

On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 02:25:44PM -0800, Jonathan Smith wrote:
> Following the instructions at
> http://linux.dell.com/wiki/index.php/Repository/firmware#Putting_it_all_together
> I am unable to update the bios on a Precision T5400(n) running Fedora
> 11. It is currently running A02.
> 
> The step which fails is:
> yum -y install $(bootstrap_firmware)
> 
> I get a message stating that the firmware requires firmware-addon-dell
> >= 2.0, however that version doesn't seem to be available yet from the
> repo. I have done a yum update to get the latest version of everything,
> currently:
> 
> dell-firmware-repository-1-4.noarch
> firmware-addon-dell-1.4.8-2.fc11.2.x86_64

firmware-tools hasn't been updated in Fedora's repositories in quite a
while.

I've taken steps to remedy this.  Fedora 11 updates-testing will
receive new firmware-tools and firmware-addon-dell in the next day or
so.  These are the same as what is in the Dell Community Repository
as published at http://linux.dell.com/repo/community/.  Likewise,
these will appear in rawhide shortly after Fedora 11 is released (in
~11 days).

Please test the new firmware-tools and firmware-addon-dell packages in
updates-testing when they hit.

# yum --enablerepo=updates-testing upgrade firmware-tools firmware-addon-dell


Thanks,
Matt

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Matt Domsch
Linux Technology Strategist, Dell Office of the CTO
linux.dell.com & www.dell.com/linux