dkms + megaraid_sas and kernel update

Rainer Traut tr.ml at gmx.de
Thu May 15 07:15:39 CDT 2008


Hi all,

sys: el5 x86_64 on PE2950III,
with dkms from dell repo.

After a kernel update from 2.6.18-53.1.14.el5 to 2.6.18-53.1.19.el5
I see that none of my dkms installed drivers are used by the new kernel:

# dkms status
megaraid_sas, v00.00.03.16, 2.6.18-53.1.14.el5, x86_64: installed 
(original_module exists)
bnx2, 1.7.1c, 2.6.18-53.1.14.el5, x86_64: installed (original_module exists)
tg3, 3.81c, 2.6.18-53.1.14.el5, x86_64: installed (original_module exists)
tg3, 3.81c, 2.6.18-53.1.19.el5, x86_64: installed-weak from 
2.6.18-53.1.14.el5
bnx2, 1.7.1c, 2.6.18-53.1.19.el5, x86_64: installed-weak from 
2.6.18-53.1.14.el5
megaraid_sas, v00.00.03.16, 2.6.18-53.1.19.el5, x86_64: installed-weak 
from 2.6.18-53.1.14.el5

# dmesg |grep bnx
Broadcom NetXtreme II Gigabit Ethernet Driver bnx2 v1.5.11-rh (June 4, 2007)
bnx2: eth0: using MSI
bnx2: eth0 NIC Link is Up, 100 Mbps full duplex, receive & transmit flow 
control ON
bnx2: eth1: using MSI
bnx2: eth1 NIC Link is Up, 1000 Mbps full duplex, receive & transmit 
flow control ON

# dmesg |grep mega
megasas: 00.00.03.10 Wed Mar 28 10:25:52 PST 2007
megasas: 0x1000:0x0060:0x1028:0x1f0c: bus 1:slot 0:func 0
megasas: FW now in Ready state

How can I fix this?
Where's the sense in dkms if I have to manually install after a kernel 
update?

Thx
Rainer



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