On Wed, 30 Aug 2000 06:56:25 +0100 (BST), Alex Buell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >We have a Dell PowerEdge server runninng RH 6.0 with the RH 2.2.14-5.0 >kernel. Now, I am aware there are some security issues with the 2.2.14 >kernel, however our Dell server requires the use of the third party >MegaTrends RAID driver which is loaded through initrd. > >Will upgrading the kernel to 2.2.16-3 affect the initrd image? Or will I >have to reinstall the initrd image with it? By initrd I assume you mean the driver is loaded as a module from initrd? modprobe/insmod require that the module and kernel have the same version number (ignoring redhat version numbers like -3) or that both the module and kernel be compiled with symbol versions and the checksums must match for all symbols in the module. Bottom line, loading a binary module from kernel a.b.c into kernel x.y.z is not safe unless the checksums are present and still match. You can force the load with "insmod -f" but that is usually a case of "gun, meet foot - gun, shoot foot". - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
