Fernando Rannou wrote:
> 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."
>   

4.0.1A is a really old version - in fact I never saw this version?

We use Cisco VPN on SL3/4/5 with SMP and with UP kernel since a few year 
now.
We don't have any problems on SMP / or SL5, as far as I know.

We use version 4.8.00.0490 on SL5/SL4 and version 4.6 on SL3.

    Urs



> 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
>>
>>     
>
>
>