On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 06:56:23AM -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote: > The advise to do a full upgrade is the best (most secure) option .. > however, theoretically, the new kernel should boot and not cause issues > based on the other packages. OP said he had an InfiniBand card. For a long time it was the case that every kernel point release needed the corresponding IB userspace libraries. It's also worth noting that running with an unusual set of packages means you're running something that is not well-tested. Most enterprise users like to run with the herd, in the middle of the herd. Mooo. That basically means "yum -y update", nothing different. "Yum let me do it" and "this is wise" are two different things! -- greg