Bug 295501

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Created attachment 246791 [details]
test patch

Jordan,
can you please test one of these kernels and tell me how it goes?
http://people.redhat.com/arozansk/i3000/kernel-2.6.18-53.el5.i3000.i686.rpm
http://people.redhat.com/arozansk/i3000/kernel-2.6.18-53.el5.i3000.x86_64.rpm

Thanks

I tried kernel-2.6.18-53.el5.i3000.x86_64.rpm, and it doesn't appear that any
new EDAC driver was added (?):

# ls /lib/modules/2.6.18-53.el5.i3000/kernel/drivers/edac/
e752x_edac.ko  edac_mc.ko  k8_edac.ko

# grep EDAC /boot/config-2.6.18-53.el5.i3000
CONFIG_EDAC=y
CONFIG_EDAC_MM_EDAC=m
CONFIG_EDAC_E752X=m
CONFIG_EDAC_K8=m
CONFIG_EDAC_POLL=y

# dmesg | grep -i edac

gah, my mistake, sorry.
I'm building a new one.

Jordan, I just uploaded the new kernel packages, same link.

The new package has the same problem. :)

hm
just checked. it's there:
aris@john:/tmp/t/t$ grep I3000 boot/config-2.6.18-53.el5.i3000 
CONFIG_EDAC_I3000=m

check if you are using the right one:
d7878a443640b923e3e67fa6fda532df  kernel-2.6.18-53.el5.i3000.i686.rpm
fc3211b72367280393964d0b27ef8826  kernel-2.6.18-53.el5.i3000.x86_64.rpm

oh, I see, the x86_64 version is missing the module
duh

hm, it's not supported on 64bits, that's why:
+       depends on EDAC_MM_EDAC && PCI && X86_32
I'll investigate why

There's a patch sent to bluesmoke-devel to remove this limitation but Doug
Thompson still didn't pulled it. I'm building new packages with this issue fixed.

New packages:
http://people.redhat.com/arozansk/i3000/kernel-2.6.18-53.el5.i3000_2.i686.rpm
http://people.redhat.com/arozansk/i3000/kernel-2.6.18-53.el5.i3000_2.x86_64.rpm

Excellent, that one appears to work (module loaded,
/sys/devices/system/edac/mc/mc0 populated).

Can I expect the driver to be included in future kernel updates for RHEL 5.1, or
will I have to wait until 5.2?

Because it's not a bug fix, I think you'll have to wait for 5.2. If you need it
before, you can request a hotfix creating a ticket on Issue Tracker.

Created attachment 263601 [details]
updated patch

This patch enables the build for x86_64

in 2.6.18-64.el5
You can download this test kernel from http://people.redhat.com/dzickus/el5

added to RHEL5.2 release notes under "Kernel-Related Updates":

<quote>
(x86_64) Intel 3000 and 3010 chipsets are now supported through the EDAC driver.
</quote>

please advise if any further revisions are required. thanks!

Hi,
the RHEL5.2 release notes will be dropped to translation on April 15, 2008, at
which point no further additions or revisions will be entertained.

a mockup of the RHEL5.2 release notes can be viewed at the following link:
http://intranet.corp.redhat.com/ic/intranet/RHEL5u2relnotesmockup.html

please use the aforementioned link to verify if your bugzilla is already in the
release notes (if it needs to be). each item in the release notes contains a
link to its original bug; as such, you can search through the release notes by
bug number.

Cheers,
Don

added note to x86 release notes as well (as per arozanski).

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2008-0314.html