Well, I found the problem: I need build pointed at the exact header dirs installed by the kernel-devel rpm. I was using the whole compiled kernel source which isn't quite what's needed I guess. Once I repointed the build link, it worked.

Cameron Harr wrote:
Thanks for the suggestions. Unfortunately, all seems correct:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# uname -r
2.6.18-92.1.6.el5
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# rpm -qa | grep kernel | grep 92
kernel-headers-2.6.18-92.1.6.el5
kernel-2.6.18-92.1.6.el5
kernel-doc-2.6.18-92.1.6.el5
kernel-devel-2.6.18-92.1.6.el5
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# ls -l /lib/modules/`uname -r`/
total 1112
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     55 Jul 28 10:10 build -> ../../../usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-92.1.6.el5-x86_64
cd


And the RPM that builds doesn't have the module in it:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] x86_64]# rpm -qpl kernel-ib-1.3.1-2.6.18_92.1.6.el5.x86_64.rpm
/etc/infiniband
/etc/infiniband/info
/etc/infiniband/openib.conf
/etc/init.d/openibd
/etc/udev/rules.d/90-ib.rules
/lib/modules/2.6.18-92.1.6.el5/updates/kernel/drivers/infiniband
/lib/modules/2.6.18-92.1.6.el5/updates/kernel/drivers/infiniband/core
/lib/modules/2.6.18-92.1.6.el5/updates/kernel/drivers/infiniband/hw
/lib/modules/2.6.18-92.1.6.el5/updates/kernel/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca
/lib/modules/2.6.18-92.1.6.el5/updates/kernel/drivers/infiniband/ulp
/lib/modules/2.6.18-92.1.6.el5/updates/kernel/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib
/lib/modules/2.6.18-92.1.6.el5/updates/kernel/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt

(The kernel-ib-devel RPM does have the src for srp)

Cameron

Robert Dunkley wrote:
Hi Cameron,

A similar problem happened to me. Centos installs a very slightly newer
*.1.6 kernel when you install the kernel source. Have you double checked
that the header/devel kernel module exactly matches the actual kernel
version you are running ? (uname -r) If they don't quite match then try
updating the older one and OFED will hopefully then install fine. If you
are using Xen don't forget to upgrade the Xen kernel too.

Rob


Hi Cameron,
Check that you have kernel-devel-2.6.18-92.1.6.el5 RPM installed.

Do you have /lib/modules/2.6.18-92.1.6.el5/build link?

Regards,
Vladimir
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