>> 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. That did it; traced down the bugzilla reports: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2007-0791.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=245631 I still don't know why these patches were applied, but I now know when. >> 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. > > p.s. Why are you so worried about these drivers? Our SAN crashed last, our department lost a week's worth of work, etc (I still have a job, hurray!). We have various manufacturer/VAR engineering teams trying to diagnose the root cause. I was embarrassed to admit I don't know from _when_ and _why_ that particular device driver version arrived on our servers. > 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. I find the lack of (TUV) documentation somewhat unsettling. >> 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 > We DO NOT change anything in the kernel. > > > Troy So, you're trying to tell me the kernel source is straight from TUV :) -- Chris Hunter Systems Programmer, Astronomy Yale University [log in to unmask]