On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 08:19:24PM -0700, Gregory K. Ruiz-Ade wrote: > This has got to be one of the more bizzare things I've seen. > > Because the RHEL3 kernels are some bizzaro hybrid of 2.4/2.6, I couldn't get > the OpenSWAN klips module to compile in order to get IPSec up and running, > so I built a kernel using RHEL's .config against a kernel.org 2.4.30 > kernel. > > However, odd things are now broken, such as anything to do with ISC BIND > (RHEL's packages). > > Everything works with RHEL's kernel. odd brokenness with my kernel, as > shown below. Do I need to dig around in the mess of kernel patches, or > just be happy that I can do my necessary networking tasks for now and slate > an OS refresh to RHEL4 in the near future? > > Thanks, > > Gregory
I would not dare anything but the latter. Without having any reference to send you to, I believe I know the following things. First, RH has no compunctions about introducing kernel modifications to make their distros run nice. This isn't really cheating: many of their patches make it in, and they always make pristine source available. But in any RH distro, there are kernel patches, and you can't just drop in someone else's kernel; and RHEL is the flagship product designed for stability. Thus I'm neither surprised nor upset to learn that RHEL's kernel is a hybrid. RH would justifiably expect anyone using it to have a support contract (or eat dirt and die horribly -- not their problem). So what to do? If I were in that position, my first move would be to convince my company to buy the release/support (assuming this was work related). Then I could get phone support and maybe some patches. Move two (if that wasn't an option) would be to try Whitebox or some other user port of RHEL. That would open a support community for me. Good luck. I doubt if I've been much help or told you anything you don't know. BTW, I'm using FC3 at my work even though I think RHEL is the way to go. The reason is that I'm still trying to get the camel in under the edge of the tent (or in this case, the penguin). So I'm running FC3 as a server on an abandoned secretarial desktop. My cunning plan is to make the services it provides gradually migrate from conveniences to strategic necessities, and _then_ suggest that maybe we should at least use a cast-off server with a paid-up RHEL contract, just like real businesses. But like any pusher, I have to get them hooked first ... -- Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
