aacraid-1.1.5.2392-1dkms.noarch.rpm install error

[Paul Howarth]

Barry Smoke wrote:
> granted, I have not had to do this(compiling kernel modules) in a while,
> (since custom dpt raid modules in the redhat 8 days), 
> 
> but there appears to be something wrong with the
> aacraid-1.1.5.2392-1dkms.noarch.rpm 
> 
>  
> 
> We have a performance problem with our dell poweredge 830, with cerc
> sata controller, so I downloaded the driver:
> 
> CERC-E-aacraid-RHEL4Gold-1.1.5.2392-A01.tar.gz
> 
>  
> 
> We are running RHEL4, with kernel kernel-smp-2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
> 
> so, the source for that appears to be in package
> kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.2.EL, which provides
> /usr/src/kernels/2.6.9-42.0.2.EL-i686 source tree.
> 
>  
> 
> when installing the aacraid rpm after getting the kernel source, I get
> this error message:
> 
> [root at localhost cercdriver]# rpm -ivh
> aacraid-1.1.5.2392-1dkms.noarch.rpm
> 
> Preparing...                ###########################################
> [100%]
> 
>    1:aacraid                ###########################################
> [100%]
> 
>  
> 
> Loading kernel module source and prebuilt module binaries (if any)
> 
> Installing prebuilt kernel module binaries (if any)
> 
>  
> 
> Module build for the currently running kernel was skipped since the
> 
> kernel source for this kernel does not seem to be installed.
> 
>  
> 
> Your DKMS tree now includes:
> 
> aacraid, 1.1.5.2392, 2.6.9-5.ELsmp, i686: built
> 
> aacraid, 1.1.5.2392, 2.6.9-5.ELsmp, x86_64: built
> 
> aacraid, 1.1.5.2392, 2.6.9-5.ELhugemem, i686: built
> 
> aacraid, 1.1.5.2392, 2.6.9-5.EL, i686: built
> 
> aacraid, 1.1.5.2392, 2.6.9-5.EL, x86_64: built
> 
>  
> 
> is this looking for the source at a specific location, 
> 
> can I symlink to it, or am I missing something?

You're probably missing the kernel-smp-devel package I'd think.

Paul.