dkms build error mptlinux drivers

[Matt Domsch]

On Mon, Jan 01, 2007 at 08:18:19PM +0530, dushy wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> I need to upgrade the default kernel of Redhat ES4 to 2.6.19.1
> available from kernel.org. The system has 2 RAID controllers. Iam
> having trouble getting the mptlinux driver to work.
>
> 1. Am i following the right steps to get this module working with 2.6.19.1 ?

2.6.19.1 should have a newer driver version than what's provided in
DKMS format for RHEL4.  So no DKMS drivers should be needed.

> 2. Will this driver work with non Redhat kernels ?

In general, no.  The kernel APIs change enough between when the vendors
ship it (nearly 2 years ago now for RHEL4) and today such that drivers
written for RHEL4 won't build cleanly in a kernel.org kernel released a couple
weeks ago.  That said, the drivers released for RHEL4 (either in Red
Hat's kernel or through DKMS add-ons) are "backports" of drivers
already in the latest kernel.org kernels, so if you're running the
latest kernel.org kernel, you'll have equivalent (or better) drivers
already.

Thanks,
Matt

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