Bug 170418 - nvsetenv is hangs on Cell machines with 1.0 firmware
Summary: nvsetenv is hangs on Cell machines with 1.0 firmware
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: ppc64-utils
Version: 4
Hardware: powerpc
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Paul Nasrat
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2005-10-11 15:39 UTC by Arnd Bergmann
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:11 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2005-10-25 16:13:08 UTC
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stop scanning nvram when obviously broken content is found (350 bytes, patch)
2005-10-11 15:39 UTC, Arnd Bergmann
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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


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