yum update question

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On 01/03/2010 11:50 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote:
> While doing a "yum update" after an install from DVD, I noticed that I 
> got the following message (this is a "write it down and then retype 
> into computer that has mail" so I might have a typo:
>
> [...]
> Installing: kernal-PAE-2.6.31.9-174.fc12.i686
> W: Possible missing firmware ql8100_fw.bin for module qla2xxx.lo
> W: Possible missing firmware aic94xx-seq_fw.bin for module aic94xx.lo
> [...]
>
> The machine is old and I am prepared to understand that it might be 
> getting "too old". But I can't figure out how I am decipher this 
> message into something which lets me understand what f12 thinks is 
> missing in my firmware. I checked my f11 install logs on another 
> machine and do not see these warnings.
>
> IMHO, it would be nice if yum told me where to look to understand 
> these messages, but MHO might be ignorant of something obvious, so I 
> can't complain until I understand this warning.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Paul
>

See https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=523365