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Description of problem:
kmod-ixgbe is listed in the "New Packages" section of the 6.2 Technical Notes:
http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.2_Technical_Notes/ch03.html
However, kmod-ixgbe was built for RHEL 6.1 and is not kABI-compatible with RHEL 6.2 kernels. Because of this, an attempt to install this module on a RHEL 6.2 system results in error.
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package kmod-ixgbe.x86_64 0:3.4.8_k-3.el6_1 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: kernel(dcb_getapp) = 0x8e8c1e18 for package: kmod-ixgbe-3.4.8_k-3.el6_1.x86_64
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Package: kmod-ixgbe-3.4.8_k-3.el6_1.x86_64 (updates)
Requires: kernel(dcb_getapp) = 0x8e8c1e18
Installed: kernel-2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 (@base)
kernel(dcb_getapp) = 0x05e303b2
Available: kernel-debug-2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 (base)
kernel(dcb_getapp) = 0x858fd4b5
You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kmod-ixgbe-3.4.8_k-3.el6_1
How reproducible:
Always. However, if there is any kernel from RHEL 6.1 on the system, no error occurs because it fulfils the requirement.
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install RHEL 6.2
2. Install kmod-ixgbe
3.
Actual results:
Installation of kmod-ixgbe fails.
Expected results:
Installation of kmod-ixgbe fails.
Additional info:
This may sound awkward but the failure is the expected result in this case. The issue here is that kmod-ixgbe does not belong in RHEL 6.2 and therefore should not be listed in the 6.2 Tech Notes.
By the same (or similar) token, kmod-igb-3.0.6_k-2.el6_1 and kmod-tg3-3.119-2.el6_1 should be removed from the 6.2 Notes. The 6.2 kernels contain all of these as in-kernel modules (same version as those in kmods).
The following new package errata have been removed from the 6.2 Technical Notes as they were only relevant to RHEL6.1:
kmod-ixgbe, kmod-igb, kmod-tg3, kmod-be2net
Thank you for reporting this issue!
Martin