Bug 1401905 - dmidecode failing with rhel7.3
Summary: dmidecode failing with rhel7.3
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification: Red Hat
Component: dmidecode
Version: 7.3
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
high
high
Target Milestone: rc
: 7.3
Assignee: Petr Oros
QA Contact: Mike Gahagan
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On: 1384195
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2016-12-06 11:37 UTC by Marcel Kolaja
Modified: 2019-02-15 03:09 UTC (History)
14 users (show)

Fixed In Version: dmidecode-3.0-2.1.el7_3
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Previously, the dmidecode utilities failed to extract hardware information from the BIOS or the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI). This update fixes the underlying source code, and dmidecode now work as expected.
Clone Of: 1384195
Environment:
Last Closed: 2017-04-12 12:31:13 UTC
Target Upstream Version:

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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2017:0904 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE dmidecode bug fix update 2017-04-12 16:24:28 UTC

Description Marcel Kolaja 2016-12-06 11:37:19 UTC 
This bug has been copied from bug #1384195 and has been proposed
to be backported to 7.3 z-stream (EUS).
Comment 5 George Beshers 2016-12-22 16:16:02 UTC 
Getting ready for OnBoarding first week of January.
Comment 6 Russ Anderson 2017-01-02 22:24:33 UTC 
Any ETA on when the 7.3-z dmidecode fix will be released?
Comment 7 Gary Case 2017-01-03 15:07:30 UTC 
Hi Russ,

I'll send you mail with an update on the release date.

-Gary
Comment 9 Mike Gahagan 2017-02-17 16:41:50 UTC 
SGI found issues with this package and the 7.4 bug has been marked as FailedQA, marking this one as failed as well.


https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1384195#c20
Comment 10 Petr Oros 2017-02-28 08:24:12 UTC 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1384195#c23
-> Not a bug in dmidecode, this bugzilla should be released.

Thanks,
-Petr
Comment 11 Joseph Kachuck 2017-03-02 19:32:28 UTC 
Hello SGI,
Please download the test package from:
http://people.redhat.com/jkachuck/.1401905/

Thank You
Joe Kachuck
Comment 12 Frank Ramsay (HPE) 2017-03-03 16:19:22 UTC 
This looks good to me.

# dmidecode -s chassis-type
Rack Mount Chassis
Comment 15 Joseph Kachuck 2017-03-17 16:01:12 UTC 
Hello,
This should make batch update 4.

Thank You
Joe Kachuck
Comment 17 errata-xmlrpc 2017-04-12 12:31:13 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2017:0904
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