I see.

Well, even if it compiled cleanly it would not be supported under smp as you
and Akemi pointed out.

As for me, I'm on 5.0 so can't comment on the 5.1 kernel compile.

Akemi hinted at issues with that kernel compile, I believe.

Certainly recompiling the kernel would be my route if SL does not provide
non-smp kernel rpms.

And, Akemi, nice to see you again! : )

Good luck Fernando.
I am sure one way or another you will obtain a kernel.

-mark



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fernando Rannou" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Akemi Yagi" <[log in to unmask]>
Cc: "Scientific Linux users mailing list" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 10:45 AM
Subject: Re: SL 5.1 non-smp versus smp


Hi Mark and Akemi
thanks for your prompt responses.

Right! The Cisco VPN user's guide says:
"The VPN Client for Linux does not support kernel Version 2.5 prior to
VPN Client Release 4.0.1.A and
does not support SMP (multiprocessor) kernels in any release of the VPN
Client."

But there used to be kernel.*.rpm and kernel-smp.*.rpm
for download. Is there such a thing for SL-5.1



Here is the compilation error:


Making module
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.18-53.1.13.el5xen/build
SUBDIRS=/home/rannou/vpnclient modules
make[1]: Entering directory
`/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-53.1.13.el5-xen-i686'
  CC [M]  /home/rannou/vpnclient/linuxcniapi.o
In file included from /home/rannou/vpnclient/linuxcniapi.c:12:
include/linux/config.h:6:2: warning: #warning Including config.h is
deprecated.
/home/rannou/vpnclient/linuxcniapi.c: In function ‘CniInjectReceive’:
/home/rannou/vpnclient/linuxcniapi.c:315: error: ‘struct sk_buff’ has no
member named ‘stamp’
/home/rannou/vpnclient/linuxcniapi.c: In function ‘CniInjectSend’:
/home/rannou/vpnclient/linuxcniapi.c:452: error: ‘struct sk_buff’ has no
member named ‘stamp’
make[2]: *** [/home/rannou/vpnclient/linuxcniapi.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/rannou/vpnclient] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory
`/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-53.1.13.el5-xen-i686'
make: *** [default] Error 2

On Wed, 2008-03-05 at 10:10 -0800, Akemi Yagi wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 9:56 AM, markaoki <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> >  Hello
> >  I have noticed that there is no SMP kernel in the
> >  repositories. Is this right?
> >
> >  How can I choose between SMP and no SMP kernel during the
> >  installation?
> >
> >  It seems that the installation picked the SMP version
> >  automatically, but I do not want it because I have some
> >  modules that do not compile with it (Cisco VPN)
> >
> >  Thanks for your help
> >
> >  Fernando
>
> > hi Fernando,
>
> >  If you want, you can post your compile errors here.
> >  I have never seen a situation where smp support caused a compile 
> > failure.
> >  Its very interesting, thanks
> >
> >  -mark
>
> Fernando,
>
> Looks like the Release Notes (even the latest) for Cisco VPN says "SMP
> kernels are not supported".  I suppose the only way to get a non-smp
> (UP) kernel is to recompile from the source.  I have done this before
> but with an earlier version of the kernel.  I heard that more recent
> version had some issue when rebuilding.
>
> I wonder if you *must* use Cisco VPN ...
>
> Akemi
>


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