Description of problem: ofpath fails to run properly under 2.6.22.2-42.fc6. This makes re-running ybin for a kernel upgrade fail. Therefore no upgrade ;-(. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.6.22.2-42.fc6 How reproducible: Very. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Take a fc6 powerpc box 2. yum update to 2.6.22.2-42.fc6 3. reboot 4. Then try to: say, on a mac mini with IDE: [root@mc02 sscadmin]# ofpath /dev/hda ofpath: /dev/hda: Device not configured This makes ybin fail, making yum upgrading to new kernel complain: ... Installing: kernel ####################### [23/64] ofpath: /dev/hda: Device not configured ybin: Unable to find OpenFirmware path for boot=/dev/hda2 ybin: Please add ofboot=<path> where <path> is the OpenFirmware path to /dev/hda2 to /etc/yaboot.conf Updating : elfutils-libelf-devel-static ####################### [24/64] .... Actual results: ofpath can't do its magic anymore, complains. Expected results: to do what 2.6.20-1.2962.fc6 and ilk did, return the open firmware path: [root@fs2 ~]# uname -a Linux fs2.socialserve.com 2.6.20-1.2962.fc6 #1 Tue Jun 19 18:27:08 EDT 2007 ppc ppc ppc GNU/Linux [root@fs2 ~]# ofpath /dev/hda2 /pci@f4000000/ata-6@d/disk@0:2 Additional info:
After having manually fed in ofpath=/pci@f4000000/ata-6@d/disk@0:2 [ thankfully these ppc mac minis are all the same ] in yaboot.conf, running ybin by hand, and rebooting into 2.6.22.5-49.fc6, same result: [root@app04 ~]# uname -a Linux app04.socialserve.com 2.6.22.5-49.fc6 #1 Thu Aug 30 13:31:55 EDT 2007 ppc ppc ppc GNU/Linux [root@app04 ~]# [root@app04 ~]# [root@app04 ~]# ofpath /dev/hda ofpath: /dev/hda: Device not configured [root@app04 ~]#
This was fixed July 25th in Fedora 7 but not in FC6. Fixed now in FC6 CVS.