Bug 574557
| Summary: | [Cisco 5.6 bug] kABI request for fcoe | ||||||
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| Product: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | Reporter: | Venkata Siva Vijayendra Bhamidipati <vbhamidi> | ||||
| Component: | kernel | Assignee: | Jon Masters <jcm> | ||||
| Status: | CLOSED ERRATA | QA Contact: | Red Hat Kernel QE team <kernel-qe> | ||||
| Severity: | high | Docs Contact: | |||||
| Priority: | high | ||||||
| Version: | 5.0 | CC: | abjoglek, ajb, andriusb, mchristi, qcai, scofeldm, vbhamidi | ||||
| Target Milestone: | rc | Keywords: | FutureFeature | ||||
| Target Release: | 5.6 | ||||||
| Hardware: | x86_64 | ||||||
| OS: | Linux | ||||||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Enhancement | |||||
| Doc Text: | Story Points: | --- | |||||
| Clone Of: | Environment: | ||||||
| Last Closed: | 2011-01-13 21:19:02 UTC | Type: | --- | ||||
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- | ||||
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |||||
| Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |||||
| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |||||
| Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |||||
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| Bug Depends On: | |||||||
| Bug Blocks: | 557597, 626671 | ||||||
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Please can you confirm that you need these symbols in order to package an external driver update for use with RHEL5.6? Created attachment 443433 [details]
rhel56-kabi-whitelist-add-scsi-symbols.patch
Thank you for filing your request to update our kernel ABI whitelists. We are now reviewing your request and will endeavor to provide an update in due course. in kernel-2.6.18-223.el5 You can download this test kernel (or newer) from http://people.redhat.com/jwilson/el5 Detailed testing feedback is always welcomed. 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 therefore 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/RHSA-2011-0017.html |
1. Feature Overview: a. Name of feature: fcoe.ko b. Feature Description The following warnings show up when installing the fnic rpm on RHEL 5.5 - [root@localhost rpms]# rpm -ivh kmod-fnic-0.0.1.40830M.ET.vbhamidi-1.x86_64.rpm Preparing... ########################################### [100%] 1:kmod-fnic ########################################### [100%] WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.18-190.el5/kernel/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.ko needs unknown symbol fc_vport_setlink WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.18-190.el5/kernel/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.ko needs unknown symbol fc_exch_mgr_add WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.18-190.el5/kernel/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.ko needs unknown symbol fc_cpu_mask WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.18-190.el5/kernel/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.ko needs unknown symbol fc_lport_logo_resp WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.18-190.el5/kernel/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.ko needs unknown symbol fc_elsct_send WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.18-190.el5/kernel/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.ko needs unknown symbol fc_frame_alloc_fill WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.18-190.el5/kernel/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.ko needs unknown symbol _fc_frame_alloc WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.18-190.el5/kernel/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.ko needs unknown symbol fc_lport_flogi_resp WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.18-190.el5/kernel/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.ko needs unknown symbol libfc_vport_create WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.18-190.el5/kernel/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.ko needs unknown symbol fc_vport_setlink WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.18-190.el5/kernel/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.ko needs unknown symbol fc_exch_mgr_add WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.18-190.el5/kernel/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.ko needs unknown symbol fc_cpu_mask WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.18-190.el5/kernel/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.ko needs unknown symbol fc_lport_logo_resp WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.18-190.el5/kernel/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.ko needs unknown symbol fc_elsct_send WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.18-190.el5/kernel/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.ko needs unknown symbol fc_frame_alloc_fill WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.18-190.el5/kernel/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.ko needs unknown symbol _fc_frame_alloc WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.18-190.el5/kernel/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.ko needs unknown symbol fc_lport_flogi_resp WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.18-190.el5/kernel/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.ko needs unknown symbol libfc_vport_create [root@localhost rpms]# uname -a Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.18-190.el5 #1 SMP Mon Feb 22 19:13:18 EST 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux [root@localhost rpms]# cat /etc/redhat-release Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.5 Beta (Tikanga) [root@localhost rpms]# [root@localhost rpms]# cat /etc/redhat-release Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.5 Beta (Tikanga) [root@localhost rpms]# rpm -qlp kmod-fnic-0.0.1.40830M.ET.vbhamidi-1.x86_64.rpm /bin/fcc /lib/modules/2.6.18-190.el5 /lib/modules/2.6.18-190.el5/extra /lib/modules/2.6.18-190.el5/extra/fnic /lib/modules/2.6.18-190.el5/extra/fnic/fnic.ko /lib/modules/2.6.18-190.el5/extra/libfc /lib/modules/2.6.18-190.el5/extra/libfc/libfc.ko [root@localhost rpms]# We do not package fcoe.ko, as can be seen in the above rpm -qlp output. The above messages show up as a result of depmod that is run as part of the rpm installation. These symbols required by fcoe.ko must be added to the greylist. 2. Feature Details: a. Architectures: 64-bit Intel EM64T/AMD64 b. Red Hat Bugzilla Dependencies: None c. Drivers or hardware dependencies: None d. Upstream acceptance information: e. External links: f. Severity (U,H,M,L): Medium g. Target Release Date: 3. Business Justification: a. Why is this feature needed? - Warnings show up for fcoe.ko when installing fnic rpm on RHEL. b. What hardware does this enable? - Cisco's CNA that provides FCoE functionality. c. Forecast, impact on revenue? d. Any configuration info? e. Are there other dependencies (drivers). libfc, fnic, scsi_transport_fc, libfcoe. 4. Primary contact at Red Hat, email, phone (chat) Andrius Benokraitis andriusb 5. Primary contact at Partner, email, phone (chat) Venkata Siva Vijayendra Bhamidipati vbhamidi 408-387-6082