I am trying to recompile the 2.6.7 kernel for use with LTSP. I have everything working
fine with the kernel version that comes with LTSP 4.1. I gotta say together with the
atspadmin and ltspcfg program, it is quite a package. I have been very happy...
Any way, I want to be able to compile the new kernel, so I went through these steps
(my client and server are both the same type of IBM machines):
1.) I compiled a kernel for the server to test out my skills with make xconfig.
2.) Once I got the 2.6.7 kernel to boot on the server, I figured it was just a matter
of tagging it and adding it to my dhcp.conf file so the client could load it...
3.) I ran buildk to tag the kernel and create the initrd.
4.) I copied the /lib/modules/2.6.7 dir to /opt/ltsp/i386/lib/modules dir
5.) I copied the new tagged kernel (bzImage-2.6.7, vmlinux-2.6.7, and the
initrd-2.6.7.gz file) to a newly made /tftboot/lts/2.6.7 dir
6.) I copied the pxelinux.0 and pxelinux.cfg file and dir to the new
/tftboot/lts/2.6.7 dir
7.) I changed the default file (I'm using pxe, which works like a charm so far) to
read:
prompt=0
label linux
kernel bzImage-2.6.7
append init=/linuxrc/ rw root=/dev/ram0 initrd-2.6.7.gz
8.) I modified my dhcp.conf file to point to location of my new kernel with the line:
filename "/lts/2.6.7/pxelinux.0"
9.) Now I boot my client and everything looks great with the kernel loading and PXE
until it tries to load my NIC module (e100):
Freeing unused kernel memory: 164K free
=====================================================================
Running /linuxrc
Mounting /proc
linuxrc: Installing e100 driver
modprobe e100
modprobe: QM_MODULES: %m
modprobe: QM_MODULES: %m
modprobe: Can't locate module e100
ERROR! Failed to install the NIC driver module!
This could be caused by the wrong module for your particular
network interface card. Double check the 'option-129' entry
in your /etc/dhcp.conf file.
Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
I desperately need your help. I tried recompiling the kernel with the NIC module
compiled into the kernel and not a module. I also tried to copy the modules for NIC
(e100) from the old kernel modules dir to the new 2.6.7 modules dir. I looked at the
modules dirs on the server and it seems that in 2.6.7 there is an e100.ko file but
there is no e100 folder like there was in the LTSP kernel's module dir.
Can someone please provide some insight? My project requires that I use the 2.6.7
kernel. I recall that the LTSP master (jam) replied to somoene that he would not
change to the 2.6 kernel until version 2.6.7 because he just thought it would be
stable by then. I know he is a busy guy doing great work, so I would like to get this
running myself. Thanks for reading this...
Dan
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