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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