On Tue, 2007-05-01 at 03:59 -0400, Jeffrey Wong wrote: > I see. So I should have never renamed my kernel from 2.6.18.8 to > 2.6.18.8-el5_x86. So this will install once I rename my kernel back to > 2.6.18.8? > > Thanks for the info. > > > Jeff >
Yes, The pattern 2.6.18-*el5* used by configure script to select backport patches. There is a differens between backport patches for 2.6.18* from kernel.org and 2.6.18 from RHEL5.0. Regards, Vladimir > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vladimir Sokolovsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tue 5/1/2007 3:44 AM > To: Jeffrey Wong > Cc: Michael S. Tsirkin; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ofa-general] Re: Trouble installing OFED1.2 with kernel > > On Tue, 2007-05-01 at 10:22 +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > > Quoting Jeffrey Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Subject: RE: Trouble installing OFED1.2 with kernel > > > > > > I have downloaded the kernel src from > > > http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.18.8.tar.gz > > > I have gunzip and untarred the directory. > > > > > > In the file linux-2.6.18.8/include/linux/fs.h. Here is the structure > > > definition of inode. When I look below the i_private ptr does not exist. > > > Please advise. > > > > Yes but that kernel would be named 2.6.18.8, not 2.6.18-8.el5. > > > > > > Jeff, > If you named the kernel from kernel.org in 2.6.18-*el5* manner then the > backport patches for RedHat 5.0 will be applied by OFED-1.2. This is the > reason of your failures. > > So, to fix this rename you kernel and then you can install OFED-1.2 with > ipath and ipoib. > > _______________________________________________ general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openfabrics.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
