Re: PROBLEM: cannot boot 2.6.15-rc6 on Opteron machine

[Erez Zilber <erezz@voltaire.com>]

Arjan van de Ven wrote:

> On Thu, 2005-12-29 at 14:38 +0200, Erez Zilber wrote:
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> > Arjan van de Ven wrote:
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> > > On Thu, 2005-12-29 at 13:38 +0200, Erez Zilber wrote:
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> > >      
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> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I've downloaded kernel 2.6.15-rc6 (had the same problem with rc7) and 
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> > > >        
> > > 2.6.15-rc needs a newer udev version...
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> > >      
> > 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.
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> 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 .. )
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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
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