Thanks for the reply. I am using and compiling kernel from kernel.org. I believe 3.18.27 with patches is as new as in January of this year. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 23, 2016, at 2:02 PM, Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 01:41:50PM -0600, Tapas Sarangi wrote: >> I am recompiling 3.18.27 on a platform derived from el6. FIPS mode is >> enabled by checking the following configs: >> >> CONFIG_CRYPTO_FIPS=y >> CONFIG_CRYPTO_TEST=y > > <snip> > > If you are using a RHEL system, you need to contact Red Hat for support > as that is what you are paying for. Their kernel is a very "odd" one. > > Also note that 3.18 is very old and obsolete as well, please use a > "modern" kernel release, the community can't support old kernels like > that. > > best of luck, > > greg k-h _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies