On Tue, 2009-02-24 at 13:26 +0200, Vladimir Sokolovsky wrote: > Stijn De Weirdt wrote: > >> Stijn De Weirdt wrote: > >> > >>> hi all, > >>> > >>> i am preparing an upgrade from SL5.2 to SL5.3 (which are EL5 clones). > >>> one thing we would also like to look at is switching from OFED 1.3.2 to > >>> OFED 1.4. and one thing i noticed is that the necessary 5.3 backport > >>> fixes only exist in the current 1.4.1 daily snapshots. > >>> did anyone already try to backport the el5.3 backport fixes from 1.4.1 > >>> to 1.4.0? > >>> > >>> many thanks, > >>> > >>> stijn > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> Its the same tree so backports of RHEL 5.3 from 1.4.1 should work on 1.4 > >> too > >> > >> > > hi tziporet, > > > > i actually already tried that, moving the following files from a recent > > 1.4.1 daily to the 1.4.0 ofa_kernel src rpm > > ofed_scripts/get_backport_dir.sh > > kernel_addons/backport/2.6.18-EL5.3/ > > kernel_addons/backport/2.6.18-EL5.3/ > > > > but rebuilding this gave the following error: > > (i have to say that the kernel i used was 2.6.18-128.1.1 instead the > > original el5.3 2.6.18-128) > > > > > > /var/tmp/OFED_topdir/BUILD/ofa_kernel-1.4/kernel_patches/backport/2.6.18-EL5.3/mlx4_en_0099_no_multiqueue.patch > > patching file drivers/net/mlx4/en_netdev.c > > Reversed (or previously applied) patch detected! Assume -R? [n] > > Apply anyway? [n] > > Skipping patch. > > 2 out of 2 hunks ignored -- saving rejects to file > > drivers/net/mlx4/en_netdev.c.rej > > patching file drivers/net/mlx4/en_tx.c > > Reversed (or previously applied) patch detected! Assume -R? [n] > > Apply anyway? [n] > > Skipping patch. > > 4 out of 4 hunks ignored -- saving rejects to file > > drivers/net/mlx4/en_tx.c.rej > > patching file drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_en.h > > Reversed (or previously applied) patch detected! Assume -R? [n] > > Apply anyway? [n] > > Skipping patch. > > 1 out of 1 hunk ignored -- saving rejects to file > > drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_en.h.rej > > Failed to apply > > patch: > > /var/tmp/OFED_topdir/BUILD/ofa_kernel-1.4/kernel_patches/backport/2.6.18-EL5.3/mlx4_en_0099_no_multiqueue.patch > > > > it is also a patch file that doesn't exist in the el5.2 backport, so i > > was thinking that this was a patch for 1.4.1, not 1.4.0, that's why i > > asked it here. > > > > anyway, many thanks for looking into this! > > > > stijn > > > > > Hi Stijn, > hi vladimir,
> You have, probably, copied RHEL 5.3 backports into ofa_kernel-1.4 > directory where the patches (RHEL5.0) already were applied. > i did what the ofed_patch.sh script does to make a new src.rpm, but instead of patching i copied said file and directories. > In any case, it is better to take the latest ofa_kernel src rpm instead > of updating source rpm coming from OFED-1.4. > The difference is RHEL5.3 support and some bug fixes (see git log). thanks (and ofa_kernel builds ok) stijn > Regards, > Vladimir -- The system will shutdown in 5 minutes. _______________________________________________ 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
