[elrepo] Kernel panic using recent kernels

[Miguel Alvarez]

On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 6:08 PM, Alan Bartlett <ajb at elrepo.org> wrote:
> On 3 March 2011 22:38, Miguel Alvarez <miguellvrz9 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 4:20 PM, Miguel Alvarez <miguellvrz9 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 4:04 PM, Miguel Alvarez <miguellvrz9 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 3:48 PM, Alan Bartlett <ajb at elrepo.org> wrote:
>>>>> On 2 March 2011 21:38, Miguel Alvarez <miguellvrz9 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>>>>> Is there an archive of the older kernel-ml RPMs available?
>
>>>>> We don't keep an archive of the previous kernel packages.
>>>>> However we do have two kernel-ml series available. The first is the
>>>>> 2.6.37-*.el5.elrepo series that users of yum will obtain. (Eventually
>>>>> that will be replaced by the 2.6.38-*.el5.elrepo series, once
>>>>> linux-2.6.38 has been declared stable.) The other kernel-ml series is
>>>>> based on the long-term support linux-2.6.35 tarball.
>>>>>
>>>>> Perhaps you would care to try that version?
>
>>>> My thoughts exactly.  I'll give that a go and let you know how it goes!
>
>>> 2.6.35-11 does work.  I'll take its kernel config and try rebuilding
>>> 2.6.37 with it and see what happens.
>
>> Just to follow up, this didn't work; same result.  Looks like I'll be
>> sticking with 2.6.35 for now. :(
>>
>> Thanks again for your help, Alan.
>
> Hi Miguel,
>
> Thank you for your latest report. From where I sit, it is both good
> and bad news. Good in respect that you have proved that this problem
> is not the result of a "mishap" of my making when transferring the
> configuration to the newer tarball / spec file. Bad in respect that we
> still do not know why an HP Proliant 380 G6 or G7 cannot use the
> latest kernel-ml.
>
> Just a quick query, both for my interest and for other subscribers to
> this list who have followed this conversation. Why do you need to run
> a kernel newer than that distributed? Is it purely an experiment /
> intellectual exercise? Or is it because it is available? ;-)
>
> And finally . . . as we say on the kernel-ml page, those packages are
> provided "as is" & are unsupported. I guess that means I have just
> been interested in your problem. :-D

Hi Alan,

Yes, it's completely experimental and really just testing for the
anticipated 2.6.38 release.  And yep, I definitely know everything's
unsupported which is why I really appreciate all of the help you've
been able to provide!

Thank you again!