To follow up on my own post, I found this kernel version was part of a 
recent errata released by TUV:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-1104.html

There is nothing mentioned in the errata about updating qlogic drivers. 
So far no luck searching the redhat knowledgebase and bug tracker for 
when, exactly, these drivers were added to the kernel.

Since this kernel errata was released after rhel4 U6, the qlogic drivers 
could potentially be newer. My concern is the qlogic device drivers in 
scientific linux are coming from a different kernel stream.

Anybody have any ideas about how I could find when a particular device 
driver version was added to a particular kernel update/patch/errata ?

Thanks,
--Chris

> According to the redhat site, qlogic device drivers were updated in 
> RedHat Enterprise 4, Release 5:
> https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2007-0304.html
> 
>>The following device drivers have been upgraded to new versions:
>>...
>>qla2100: 8.01.04-d7 to 8.01.04-d8-rh1
>>qla2200: 8.01.04-d7 to 8.01.04-d8-rh1
>>qla2300: 8.01.04-d7 to 8.01.04-d8-rh1
>>qla2322: 8.01.04-d7 to 8.01.04-d8-rh1
>>qla2400: 8.01.04-d7 to 8.01.04-d8-rh1
>>qla2xxx: 8.01.04-d7 to 8.01.04-d8-rh1
>>qla6312: 8.01.04-d7 to 8.01.04-d8-rh1
> 
> Interesting we seem to be a NEWER drivers on our Scientific Linux 4.5 
> (x86_64) machines (8.01.07 vs 8.01.04). In fact these drivers seem to be 
> NEWER than Redhat Enterprise 4, Release 6.
> https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2007-0791.html
> 
> Where did these drivers come from ?
> Is this expected/standard policy to include newer kernel updates than 
> the TUV ?
> 
> Thanks,
> --Chris
> 
>>[root@condor ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release
>>Scientific Linux SL release 4.5 (Beryllium)
>>[root@condor ~]# uname -a
>>Linux condor.xxx.xxx.xxx 2.6.9-67.0.1.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Dec 19 
>>15:33:37 >CST 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>[root@condor ~]# modinfo qla2xxx
>>filename: 
>>/lib/modules/2.6.9-67.0.1.ELsmp/kernel/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla2xxx.ko
>>version:        8.01.07-d4 A5A26520F4AB77931238A95
>>license:        GPL
>>description:    QLogic Fibre Channel HBA Driver
>>author:         QLogic Corporation
>>[root@condor ~]# modinfo qla2400
>>filename: 
>>/lib/modules/2.6.9-67.0.1.ELsmp/kernel/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla2400.ko
>>version:        8.01.07-d4 FA6C9267058A47ED5444163
>>license:        GPL
>>description:    QLogic ISP24xx FC-SCSI Host Bus Adapter driver
>>author:         QLogic Corporation



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Chris Hunter
Systems Programmer, Astronomy Yale University
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