We have a hardware raid controller that requires specific kernel versions. Before we get into the nitty gritty details. Does know of some hardware specific lists that might be more appropriate for these questions.
The hardware platform is an IBM x Series 3850 with a ServeRAID mr10k raid controller. This controller is an IBM branded version of the LSI Logic MegaRAID 8480. There is a MegaCLI interface that allows us to manage the raid hardware from the operating system with having to take the system down and use the management tools from the BIOS prompt. Unfortunately the drivers necessary to support the this interface are only available for 2.6.18-8 and 2.6.18-53. I somewhat arbitrarily chose to install 2.6.18-53, on the theory that it is more up to date. configuring yum to not update kernel-2.6.18-53 is holding back 21 security updates, and 5 bugfix updates. There are other newer kernels of the 2.6.18-8.x.y and 2.6.18-53.x.y I am wondering if these kernels have security and bugfixs updates, but are still compatible with the 2.6.18-8 and 2.6.18-53 drivers. Digging around on the IBM support website. I'm finding some newer updates from IBM for the 2.6.18-8 drivers, but I am confused by slightly different package names and numbers -- Drew Einhorn _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
