Bug 632737

Summary:	[6.1 FEAT] Package Update: lsvpd-1.6.7+
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Reporter:	IBM Bug Proxy <bugproxy>
Component:	lsvpd	Assignee:	Jiri Skala <jskala>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	qe-baseos-daemons
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	6.1	CC:	aglotov, azelinka, cward, jjarvis, nobody+PNT0273897, ovasik, rvokal, sbest, snagar
Target Milestone:	beta	Keywords:	FutureFeature, OtherQA, Rebase
Target Release:	6.1
Hardware:	powerpc
OS:	All
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version:	lsvpd-1.6.10-1.el6	Doc Type:	Rebase: Bug Fixes and Enhancements
Doc Text:	ChangeLog of bumped version 1.6.10 contains only two items: - Changed default lsvpd output to use "Size" instead of "SZ" for DIMM size output. - Fixed location code discovery for storage devices. Previously, a loc-code was generated simply using the device node within the /proc/device-tree/devices file-system.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2011-05-19 12:59:47 UTC	Type:	---
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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Bug Blocks:	538808, 580566

Description IBM Bug Proxy 2010-09-10 20:42:50 UTC

1. Feature Overview:
Feature Id: [67142]
a. Name of Feature: [6.1 FEAT] Package Update: lsvpd-1.6.7+
b. Feature Description
lsvpd provides a hardware Vital Product Data (VPD) system, providing inventory and status
information, as well as many specific hardware stats, for external consumption. This request is to
add the lsvpd package, 1.6.9 or latest available when code is pulled down.

The latest source code should be obtained from:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/linux-diag/files/lsvpd-new/

2. Feature Details:
Sponsor: LTC RAS
Architectures:
ppc64,

Arch Specificity: purely common code
Affects Kernel Modules: Field does not exist
Delivery Mechanism: Direct from Community
Category: system management
Request Type: Package - Update Version
d. Upstream Acceptance: Field does not exist
Sponsor Priority P3
f. Severity: normal
IBM Confidential: No
Code Contribution: IBM code
g. Component Version Target:
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3. Business Case
lsvpd provide VPD to many different consumers and for many different reasons. It is used by
ppc64-diag in the determination of root-cause of hardware or OS failure. It is used by IBM
Director to track hardware inventory and system usage information. Without lsvpd, Director is
unable to properly report diagnostics information or hardware failure, or provide specific repair
instructions for adapter replacement.

lsvpd-1.6.9 incorporates a major bug-fix over 1.6.7, dealing with firmware version output. Please
pull down this version, or newer, from the referenced repository.

4. Primary contact at Red Hat:
John Jarvis
jjarvis

5. Primary contacts at Partner:
Project Management Contact:
Michael W. Wortman, wortman.com

Technical contact(s):
BRAD PETERS, bpeters.com

Comment 3 IBM Bug Proxy 2010-10-04 16:38:26 UTC

------- Comment From rsisk.com 2010-10-04 10:42 EDT-------
Code Upstream Status: No Code Required

Comment 6 John Jarvis 2010-12-01 16:40:09 UTC

This enhancement request was evaluated by the full Red Hat Enterprise Linux 
team for inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux minor release.   As a 
result of this evaluation, Red Hat has tentatively approved inclusion of 
this feature in the next Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update minor release.   
While it is a goal to include this enhancement in the next minor release 
of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the enhancement is not yet committed for 
inclusion in the next minor release pending the next phase of actual 
code integration and successful Red Hat and partner testing.

Comment 7 Jiri Skala 2011-01-07 08:24:39 UTC

    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    New Contents:
ChangeLog of bumped version 1.6.10 contains only two items:

- Changed default lsvpd output to use "Size" instead 
of "SZ" for DIMM size output.

- Fixed location code discovery for storage devices. Previously, a loc-code was generated simply using the device node within the /proc/device-tree/devices file-system.

Comment 10 Chris Ward 2011-04-06 11:18:17 UTC

~~ Partners and Customers ~~

This bug was included in RHEL 6.1 Beta. Please confirm the status of this request as soon as possible.

If you're having problems accessing 6.1 bits, are delayed in your test execution or find in testing that the request was not addressed adequately, please let us know.

Thanks!

Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2011-05-19 12:59:47 UTC

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2011-0547.html