Bug 170418

Summary: nvsetenv is hangs on Cell machines with 1.0 firmware
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Arnd Bergmann <arnd>
Component: ppc64-utilsAssignee: Paul Nasrat <nobody+pnasrat>
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stop scanning nvram when obviously broken content is found none

Description Arnd Bergmann 2005-10-11 15:39:26 UTC 
Description of problem:  
  
nvsetenv hangs on Cell Blades because of broken firmware, this causes 
ybin and therefore kernel rpm install to fail 
  
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):  
  
0.7-12  
  
How reproducible:  
  
# strace nvsetenv --version  
  
Actual results:  
  
strace shows that nvsetenv keeps reading the same bytes.  
  
Expected results:  
  
Error message 'No common Block found'  
  
Additional info:  
  
Bug fix patch is attached, use  
%patch -p1
Comment 1 Arnd Bergmann 2005-10-11 15:39:27 UTC 
Created attachment 119806 [details]
stop scanning nvram when obviously broken content is found