[CentOS] Centos 6.4 - yum update gives: Error: kernel conflicts with bfa-firmware

Mon Mar 11 12:58:56 UTC 2013
Giles Coochey <giles at coochey.net>

On 11/03/2013 12:50, Johnny Hughes wrote:
> On 03/11/2013 05:21 AM, Giles Coochey wrote:
>> On trying a yum update I get the following error:
>>
>> Error: kernel conflicts with bfa-firmware
>>
>> yum suggests I work around the problem with --skip-broken or try
>> running 'rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest'
>>
>> Is there an accepted process for resolving this?
> Can you post the kernel versions and bfa-firmware versions that are
> trying to up upgraded ... and whether you have the i386 or x86_64
> version installed?
>
> Also, what are you upgrading from?
>
> We have not seen this specific issue in our QA testing.
>
>
I am on Centos 6.3, but I'm assuming that 'yum update' is trying to get 
me to Centos 6.4

This is x86_64, current kernel is 2.6.32-279.22.1.el6.x86_64

[root at repo ~]# yum info bfa-firmware
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, presto, security
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Installed Packages
Name        : bfa-firmware
Arch        : noarch
Version     : 3.0.0.0
Release     : 1.el6
Size        : 1.3 M
Repo        : installed
 From repo   : anaconda-CentOS-201112091719.x86_64
Summary     : Brocade Fibre Channel HBA Firmware
URL         : 
http://www.brocade.com/sites/dotcom/services-support/drivers-downloads/CNA/Linux.page
License     : Redistributable, no modification permitted
Description : Brocade Fibre Channel HBA Firmware.


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