Bug 20026

Summary:	SMP problems w/ old initscripts + errata kernel (no /boot/kernel.h)
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Pekka Savola <pekkas>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Michael K. Johnson <johnsonm>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	Brock Organ <borgan>
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Description Pekka Savola 2000-10-30 10:58:13 UTC

I've been plagued by this one problem for a long time now.  As it came
across today, I pinpointed it.

If you're using a new kernel (errata 2.2.16-3, ext2 2.2.17-5) on older
system (RH60), compiling SMP modules (e.g. external network
drivers from ftp.scyld.com) will fail because SMP related issues are not
defined and modules are compiled for UP.  Manually defining -D__SMP__ or
friends won't help either because other stuff is left out too.

This is caused by the fact that those errata kernels don't
Require: initscripts new enough which create /boot/kernel.h at boot.

Updated initscripts would be probably too much to ask, but _please_ at
least 
Require: decent initscript versions :-)

Comment 1 Daniel Roesen 2000-10-31 13:37:48 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 20025 ***