SW404161 - Firmware do not self extract tar, causing rflash cannot find ID to activateΒΆ
- Issue: SW404161
- Reported: 1738A (ibm-v1.99.10-0-r7)
- Fixed: 1742D (ibm-v1.99.10-0-113-r10)
Issue:
Firmware is not extracted and could not be found by rflash to activate
[root@c650mnp03 ~]# rflash c650f07p27 obmc-phosphor-image-witherspoon.ubi.mtd.tar -a
c650f07p27: Uploading /root/obmc-phosphor-image-witherspoon.ubi.mtd.tar ...
c650f07p27: Firmware upload successful. Attempting to activate firmware: ibm-v1.99.10-113-g65edf7d-r8-0-g713d86d
c650f07p27: Could not find ID for firmware ibm-v1.99.10-113-g65edf7d-r8-0-g713d86d to activate, waiting 10 seconds and retry...
c650f07p27: Could not find ID for firmware ibm-v1.99.10-113-g65edf7d-r8-0-g713d86d to activate, waiting 10 seconds and retry...
c650f07p27: Could not find ID for firmware ibm-v1.99.10-113-g65edf7d-r8-0-g713d86d to activate, waiting 10 seconds and retry...
c650f07p27: Could not find ID for firmware ibm-v1.99.10-113-g65edf7d-r8-0-g713d86d to activate, waiting 10 seconds and retry...
c650f07p27: Could not find ID for firmware ibm-v1.99.10-113-g65edf7d-r8-0-g713d86d to activate, waiting 10 seconds and retry...
c650f07p27: Could not find ID for firmware ibm-v1.99.10-113-g65edf7d-r8-0-g713d86d to activate, waiting 10 seconds and retry...
c650f07p27: Error: Could not find firmware ibm-v1.99.10-113-g65edf7d-r8-0-g713d86d after waiting 60 seconds.
Work-around: Use one of the following methods:
- Reboot the BMC before flashing firmware:
rpower <> bmcreboot - ssh into bmc and run:
systemctl restart xyz.openbmc_project.Software.Version.service