Does this mean that we can update the kernel alone? I mean does kernel-smp-2.6.9-42.EL.x86_64.rpm have the driver built in?. Thanks Rajeev -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joshua Baker-LePain Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 3:21 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] 3Ware 9500 vs 9550 vs CentOS 4.latest kernel On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 at 6:02am, chrism@xxxxxxxxx wrote > Is anyone having issues with these particular cards (especially the newer > SATAII variant) and the stock CentOS kernels? Are they well supported > enough such that a "yum update" suffices to keep them synced up with patches > without having to hand edit the kernel or build special modules from 3Ware > each time? Up to centos 4.3, the 9500 cards benefit from a driver upgrade and the 9550 cards demand one. In the 4.4 kernel, however, the driver was upgarded and should handle all cards quite well out of the box. -- Joshua Baker-LePain Department of Biomedical Engineering Duke University _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos