ipmi modules problem after kernel update

[Matt Domsch]

On Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 11:43:52AM +0200, Rainer Traut wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> system specs:
> PE2650, EL4 U3 and OMSA 5.0 installed.
> 
> The machine needed a reboot for the latest kernel
> kernel-smp-2.6.9-34.0.2.EL
> 
> kernel-smp-2.6.9-34.0.1.EL was installed and worked fine:
> 
> [root at xyz ~]# dkms status
> openipmi, 33.13.RHEL4, 2.6.9-5.EL, i686: built
> openipmi, 33.13.RHEL4, 2.6.9-5.EL, x86_64: built
> openipmi, 33.13.RHEL4, 2.6.9-5.ELsmp, i686: built
> openipmi, 33.13.RHEL4, 2.6.9-5.ELsmp, x86_64: built
> openipmi, 33.13.RHEL4, 2.6.9-5.ELhugemem, i686: built
> openipmi, 33.13.RHEL4, 2.6.9-34.0.1.ELsmp, i686: installed 
> (original_module exists)
> [root at xyz ~]#
> 
> I do not know why but I did not have the kernel-devel package installed 
> when the machine rebooted.
> So obviously I'm without a new ipmi driver version.

You'll need kernel-smp-devel installed of course.
 
> Question is, how do I get this without reinstalling the whole OMSA 5.0?

# dkms build -m openipmi -v 33.13.RHEL4 -k `uname -r`
# dkms install -m openipmi -v 33.13.RHEL4 -k `uname -r`


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