Christopher Hunter wrote:
> 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.
> 

Scientific Linux (3,4, and 5) have *always* used RedHat's kernel source.  We 
don't do *anything* with the src.rpm that comes from them.  We don't even 
unpack the src.rpm, we simply do a "rpmbuild --rebuild "

How can I be so sure?  Because if we ever changed that policy even once, then 
we would constantly be bombarded with "please put this in the kernel"

That is the reason we have kernel-module rpm's.  So that we can add kernel 
modules without touching the kernels.

Troy

p.s. Why are you so worried about these drivers?

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

   rpm -qp --changelog <rpm>
or
   download all of redhat's kernels, install them, and look.

> 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
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Chris Hunter
> Systems Programmer, Astronomy Yale University
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