>> 2) Why the sarcasm about not wanting to recompile the kernel? I love >> using Linux, and I have recompiled kernels before. However, in this >> application it may not be my best choice. You do not know my >> situation. I tried recompiling the kernel on this machine and had much >> trouble with the particular SCSI card in that machine. However, I felt >> this list was limited to routing issues and NOT kernel recompilation >> issues with a SCSI card. >If this is a closed binary, you still can recomile the kernel with the RH >kernel sources. I did this before. I wanted to use a closed source binary >to access tape drives on my debian server. I used the RH kernel sources >and the module loaded without any problem. I had problems with the DPT_I2O if that is what you are talking about. You just have to remember to add the card's drivers to initrd-<kernelver>.img (gzipped ext2 file system). >> 3) My boss prefers that we stay with the stock RH kernel. If that is >> not possible then I will recompile, but only if absolutely necessary. >I'm afraid a recompile is needed. If the QOS stuff was compiled as a module, you don't even need to reinstall the entire system, just the QOS sub-system (not tested with QOS though). For example, with the kernel sources handy, you can patch PPP - MPPE into a stock Redhat kernel by just running one of their scripts. Two files from your existing system are changed, but everything else is untouched. My best bet without trying it is: - Download and install the kernel-source RPM (not SRPM) - # cp /boot/config-<currentkernel> /usr/src/linux-<version>/.config This gives you the environment setup more or less how RedHat builds them with, but without the RPM complexity. - Edit /usr/src/linux-<version>/Makefile and remove the 'custom' tag from the end of extraversion. - # make menuconfig Add the module that you need inside here - # make dep; make modules If all goes well, you should get to the end of modules without errors. - Copy the module file that you added to the installation into the module directory in /lib/modules. - # depmod If there are no errors here, you are home free. _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list / LARTC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO: http://lartc.org/
