1) I'm actually not building a custom kernel per se, just one from the standard 2.6.11.4 with our configuration. I may be adding a custom driver, but unless I can get the standard kernel to boot,...
2) I have been told that after 2.6.11.4, support for the Infiniband driver is dropped, and we need that. If this is not the case, I would be delighted to know that and proceed accordingly. I'm not sure, but I believe that CentOS version 5 will not happen soon enough for what we need.
Thanks.
mhr
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Jim Perrin Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 5:04 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Problem with 2.6.11.4 kernel and e1000 driver -Correction
On 2/6/07, Mark Hull-Richter mhull-richter@datallegro.com wrote:
Any other/further input?
Yes, though not directly related to your issue.
1. Why build a custom kernel instead of sticking with the distro provided one? 2. If you feel that you absolutely have to build a custom kernel, why build such an old one?
On Wednesday 07 February 2007 03:21, Mark Hull-Richter wrote:
- I'm actually not building a custom kernel per se, just one from the
standard 2.6.11.4 with our configuration. I may be adding a custom driver, but unless I can get the standard kernel to boot,...
Custom is defined as not-a-centos-one.
- I have been told that after 2.6.11.4, support for the Infiniband
driver is dropped, and we need that.
Both Centos-4.3 and 4.4 (2.6.9-34.xx and -42.xx) has comparable or newer infiniband drivers though I recommend that you download and install ofed-1.1 (and that you use latest 4.4, 2.6.9-42.0.8).
If you do feel the need to use a kernel.org kernel then I _really_ recommend using a newer one than what you tried. 1) do you think the first ever infiniband drop for the mainline kernel is what you want? 2) how many security problems do you think there are in that old kernel? (hint: quite a few). So go with 2.6.19.x for x as large as you can find.
/Peter
If this is not the case, I would be delighted to know that and proceed accordingly. I'm not sure, but I believe that CentOS version 5 will not happen soon enough for what we need.
Thanks.
mhr
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