You can look at the kernel*src.rpm's from TUV and find where they changed 
the qlogic drivers.

We DO NOT change anything in the kernel.


On Fri, 25 Jan 2008, 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.

Sometimes they document it and sometimes they do not.

>
> 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.

They are built from TUV src.rpm ,  we DO NOT CHANGE anything for the 
kernels.

-Connie Sieh

>
> 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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