LSI FW Update Fails

[Michael E Brown]

On Thu, Jan 03, 2008 at 11:59:32AM +0100, Robert Oschwald wrote:
> tried to update firmware versions on a PE1750.
> Bios worked flawlessly, but PERC 4/Di doesn't:
>  
> # update_firmware --yes
>  
> Searching storage directory for available BIOS updates...
>  
> Checking System BIOS for PowerEdge 1750 - a12
>         Available: system_bios(ven_0x1028_dev_0x014a) - a12
>         Did not find a newer package to install that meets all
> installation checks.
> Checking PERC 4/Di - 422a
>         Available:
> pci_firmware(ven_0x1028_dev_0x000f_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x014a) - 252d
>         Available:
> pci_firmware(ven_0x1028_dev_0x000f_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x014a) - 422d
>         Found Update:
> pci_firmware(ven_0x1028_dev_0x000f_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x014a) - 422d
>  
> Found firmware which needs to be updated.
>  
> Running updates...
>  |      Installing
> pci_firmware(ven_0x1028_dev_0x000f_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x014 /
> Installing
> pci_firmware(ven_0x1028_dev_0x000f_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x014a) - 422d
> Installation failed for package:
> pci_firmware(ven_0x1028_dev_0x000f_subven_0x1028_subdev_0x014a) - 422d
> aborting update...
>  
> The error message from the low-level command was:
> (here is no message, only blank lines)

1) Highly recommend sending posts relating to firmware-tools to the
firmware-tools-devel list, as it is lower-volume and less likely that I
will miss it.

2) I've pushed out a new set of updates that may work better for you.
Before you upgrade, "rpm -e dell-lsiflash --nodeps"
--
Michael