[plug] re: kernel -smp conflict

[Andrew Barbara]

Hu Jon,
the smp kernel will run the system in multiprocessor mode and the non-smp 
kernel will run the system in a single CPU mode.
As for your questions about kernels and roms.... is there a reason why you 
cant just compile your own?

Andrew

On 22 Jul 2003, Jon Miller wrote:

> In conjuction to the previous question, there is one question I've been
> meaning to ask. Since I have both kernels (kernel-smp and standard
> kernel) which should I be loading (smp or non-smp). Also since I made
> the rpm while the kernel-smp was loaded can I assume that if I load only
> the standard kernel and create the rpm again that maybe it'll create a
> rpm for the regular kernel?  Just grasping at straws here.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> On Tue, 2003-07-22 at 17:29, Jon Miller wrote:
> > I have a server with a dual Xeon CPU.  I'm using both the main kernel
> > and kernel-smp.  The nic I'm using is having a conflict with the
> > kernel-smp when I try to upgrade the nic. I can see that in the initial
> > install RH installed the drivers in both the kernel and the kernel-smp.
> > In the upgrade of the drivers there does not exist any means to add the
> > updated driver in the
> > /lib/modules/2.4.18-14/kernel/drivers/addon/bcm5700 path. 
> > Do I have to do this manually or is there a way to tell rpm that the
> > files are to exists in both kernel paths?
> > listing of the updated bcm5700 drivers:
> > 
> > [root at fsmsql i386]# rpm -qpl bcm5700-6.2.11-1.i386.rpm 
> > /lib/modules/2.4.18-14smp/kernel/drivers/addon/bcm5700/bcm5700.o
> > /usr/share/doc/bcm5700-6.2.11
> > /usr/share/doc/bcm5700-6.2.11/DISTRIB.TXT
> > /usr/share/doc/bcm5700-6.2.11/LICENSE
> > /usr/share/doc/bcm5700-6.2.11/README.TXT
> > /usr/share/doc/bcm5700-6.2.11/RELEASE.TXT
> > /usr/share/man/man4/bcm5700.4.gz
> > 
> > 
> > listing of existing system
> > 
> > /lib/modules/2.4.18-14smp/kernel/drivers/addon/bcm5700
> > /lib/modules/2.4.18-14smp/kernel/drivers/addon/bcm5700/bcm5700.o
> > /lib/modules/2.4.18-14/kernel/drivers/addon/bcm5700
> > /lib/modules/2.4.18-14/kernel/drivers/addon/bcm5700/bcm5700.o
> > 
> > error message:
> > # rpm -Uvh bcm5700-6.2.11-1.i386.rpm 
> > Preparing...                ###########################################
> > [100%]
> > file /lib/modules/2.4.18-14smp/kernel/drivers/addon/bcm5700/bcm5700.o
> > from install of bcm5700-6.2.11-1 conflicts with file from package
> > kernel-smp-2.4.18-14
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks for any assistance
> 

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