Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750718AbVL2NNq (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Dec 2005 08:13:46 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750719AbVL2NNq (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Dec 2005 08:13:46 -0500 Received: from taurus.voltaire.com ([193.47.165.240]:11465 "EHLO taurus.voltaire.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750718AbVL2NNp (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Dec 2005 08:13:45 -0500 Message-ID: <43B3E107.6090104@voltaire.com> Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 15:13:43 +0200 From: Erez Zilber User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (Windows/20050716) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Arjan van de Ven CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: PROBLEM: cannot boot 2.6.15-rc6 on Opteron machine References: <43B3CA9E.7000804@voltaire.com> <1135857022.2935.19.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <43B3D8D3.30400@voltaire.com> <1135861619.2935.35.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> In-Reply-To: <1135861619.2935.35.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 29 Dec 2005 13:13:44.0571 (UTC) FILETIME=[B220D4B0:01C60C79] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1577 Lines: 54 Arjan van de Ven wrote: >On Thu, 2005-12-29 at 14:38 +0200, Erez Zilber wrote: > > >>Arjan van de Ven wrote: >> >> >> >>>On Thu, 2005-12-29 at 13:38 +0200, Erez Zilber wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Hi, >>>> >>>>I've downloaded kernel 2.6.15-rc6 (had the same problem with rc7) and >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>2.6.15-rc needs a newer udev version... >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>Redhat AS4 comes with udev 039. I couldn't find a newer rpm for this distribution, so I cannot replace the current udev rpm. I've downloaded the latest udev sources from http://www.us.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/ and installed it but I still get the same errors. >> >> > >after you get a recent enough udev you probably need to recreate a new >initrd (and pray that you don't need a newer mkinitrd to match the newer >udev...) since udev is also put inside the initrd. > >To be fair, enterprise linux distributions aren't actually designed to >run brand spanking new kernels, and the vendors aren't likely to update >userland tools to make newer kernels work either (unlike, say, >distributions like Fedora Core or SuSE or .. or .. or .. ) > > > > So, I understand that, currently (until I get a a recent enough udev), 2.6.15 cannot be used with RHAS-4 on Opteron machines. Anyway, thanks for your help. Erez - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/