I have several PE2950s running RHEL5 They already have one megaraid package:
megaraid_sas-v00.00.03.21-4 The version that's being used, though: [joli...@netcentric ~]$ /sbin/modinfo megaraid_sas filename: /lib/modules/2.6.18-164.el5/kernel/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.ko description: LSI MegaRAID SAS Driver author: [email protected] version: 00.00.04.08-RH2 license: GPL srcversion: 6CC4D59856A54D68D7A0CBD alias: pci:v00001028d00000015sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v00001000d00000413sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v00001000d0000007Csv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v00001000d00000071sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v00001000d00000073sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v00001000d00000079sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v00001000d00000078sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v00001000d00000060sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v00001000d00000411sv*sd*bc*sc*i* depends: scsi_mod vermagic: 2.6.18-164.el5 SMP mod_unload 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-4.1 parm: poll_mode_io:Complete cmds from IO path, (default=0) (int) The docs say to just do rpm -ivh < dkms package >, but I can't help but wonder if that should be -U to upgrade, or if I should (or could) remove the existing package first. On one system, an rpm -ivh is just sitting there 15 minutes later. That worries me a little. On another system: [r...@mda-services ~]# dkms status megaraid_sas, v00.00.03.21, 2.6.18-92.1.10.el5, i686: built [r...@mda-services ~]# modinfo megaraid_sas filename: /lib/modules/2.6.18-164.el5/kernel/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.ko description: LSI MegaRAID SAS Driver author: [email protected] version: 00.00.04.08-RH2 license: GPL srcversion: 6CC4D59856A54D68D7A0CBD alias: pci:v00001028d00000015sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v00001000d00000413sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v00001000d0000007Csv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v00001000d00000071sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v00001000d00000073sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v00001000d00000079sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v00001000d00000078sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v00001000d00000060sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v00001000d00000411sv*sd*bc*sc*i* depends: scsi_mod vermagic: 2.6.18-164.el5 SMP mod_unload 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-4.1 parm: poll_mode_io:Complete cmds from IO path, (default=0) (int) So, which is it? 3.21 or 4.08? Is there anything special about the package shipped by Dell vs. the version that comes with Red Hat? The one I just downloaded, 4.17, is higher than either. -- *********************************************************************** * John Oliver http://www.john-oliver.net/ * * * *********************************************************************** _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list [email protected] https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
