We've been down this path before and I got things working but am not self-sufficient which is where I would like to be.
Problem is new kernel 2.6.9-22 and I need 2 modules installed that aren't part of the RHEL kernels.
1 - megaraid for older non-supported megaraid cards. I have the source and can compile the modules and make them work no problem. We have archives in the mail list for that.
2 - appletalk - previously, it was suggested that I get the module from esmith which I did and it has worked fine but they have yet to update to the new kernel (which they will undoubtedly do). So I have the source for their 2.6.9-11 appletalk kernel module but I am not knowledgeable enough to make this work...
# rpmbuild --rebuild /root/kernel-module- appletalk-0.0.1-2_2.6.9_11.EL.src.rpm Installing /root/kernel-module-appletalk-0.0.1-2_2.6.9_11.EL.src.rpm warning: user slords does not exist - using root warning: group slords does not exist - using root error: line 20: Tag takes single token only: Release: 2_package kernel_sourcecode is not installed
(do I have to boot to 2.6.9-22 first?)
and I'm thinking that if it were possible to isolate the appletalk code, I could simply make the module as I do with megaraid but I can't figure out where it's kept or if it can be isolated...
# ls -l /usr/src/kernels/2.6.9-11.EL-i686/ total 336 drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4096 Aug 22 14:01 arch drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Aug 22 14:01 crypto drwxr-xr-x 45 root root 4096 Aug 22 14:01 drivers drwxr-xr-x 54 root root 4096 Aug 22 14:01 fs drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4096 Aug 22 14:01 include drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 22 14:01 init drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 22 14:01 ipc drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Aug 22 14:01 kernel drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Aug 22 14:01 lib -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 42211 Jun 8 15:41 Makefile drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 22 14:01 mm -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 162245 Jun 8 15:41 Module.symvers drwxr-xr-x 33 root root 4096 Aug 22 14:01 net drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Aug 22 14:01 scripts drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Aug 22 14:01 security drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4096 Aug 22 14:01 sound drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 22 14:01 usr
If there is someone who can direct me to either rebuild the src rpm for the kernel-appletalk module or isolate the source code so I can simply make the module, I would appreciate it.
Thanks
Craig