PSP 7.92 and RHEL 5 update 1 fails to install QLogic drvs

[Rabie Van der Merwe]

When installing PSP 7.92 on RHEL 5 update 1 the hp_qla2x00src-8.01.07.16-2.rhel5.rpm.tar.gz package failes to install. When installing it manually it complains that it will only install on RHEL 5. Changing /etc/redhat-release and removing the '.1' from 5.1 allows it to be installed. Seems to be working fine, so I assume this is a typo on the RPM's pre-install scripts part.

[Michael Garner_1]

Rabie,
You are correct. This problem has been fixed in the next version of the hp-qla2x00src RPM which will be out sometime in the first quarter of 2008.

Red Hat changed the numbering scheme for their updates starting with RHEL 5 Update 1 which became RHEL 5.1 in the /etc/redhat-release file. The numbering scheme came after we had signed off on the 7.91 version. We were able to fix all the problems this caused except with the hp_qla2x00src RPM.

Sorry you had to deal with the problem.

Michael Garner
HP Linux PSP Developer

[Rabie Van der Merwe]

No worries, at least you guys write proper RPM's :) Not like the Data Protector guys, all their RPM's have the same version numbers.

If have a coffee break don't you want to go teach them about RPM versioning :)

On a serious note I don't suppose you will be supporting CentOS in any of your up coming releases? It's a bit of a pain to change the /etc/redhat-release file every time I want to install the PSP in my dev environment.

[Leszek Matok]

Can you post some quick fix or a beta version? I have some ProLiants with RHEL 5 and the current situation with QLogic HBA drivers is frustrating (and your drivers are a simpler solution than talking to RH support about problems with the drivers they supply).

BTW: the proper way to detect RHEL version is "rpm -q redhat-release" (the version is "5Server-5.1.0.2" ATM). /etc/redhat-release is just a file, which can be present on Debian or whatever. Besides, instead of using pre-install scripts, you should simply Require: redhat-release (greater or equal) 5Server or something like that.

[Rabie Van der Merwe]

See my posting about making the change in the /etc/redhat-release file, once the driver has been installed you can change it back to 5.1.

I prefer the /etc/redhat-relase file as that way I can install PSP's on my CentOS testing servers :)

I believe from some other posting I saw on the forum the next version of the PSP has been delayed, so no idea when it will be due.

R

[Leszek Matok]

I don't need or want to use PSP, but the driver rpm itself, which should be available separately, somewhere. Am I right?

[Leszek Matok]

I don't need or want to use PSP, but the driver rpm itself, which should be available separately, somewhere. Am I right?

Oh, and to be compatible with CentOS, simply make the package require kernel version instead of distro release.

[Rabie Van der Merwe]

I would love for them to do that :)

But to answer your question yes the error was in their hp_qla2x00src package, you could just untar that and try intstalling via RPM once you have done the said fix. Donno if it has any requirements. I normally install the following before I do the psp's:

yum install glibc gawk sed pciutils rpm rpm-build rpm-devel gcc cpp binutils glibc-devel kernel-headers glib net-snmp compat-gcc-32.i386 compat-gcc-32-c++.i386

And then for 32bit:
yum install compat-db.i386 compat-libstdc++-296.i386 compat-libstdc++-33.i386

and for 64bit:
yum install compat-db.x86_64 compat-libstdc++-296.i386 compat-libstdc++-33.i386 compat-libstdc++-33.x86_64

R