[elrepo] ixgbe

[Schramm, David]

6.7 I think we will stick with for a while anyways.
Thanks


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From: elrepo-bounces at lists.elrepo.org [mailto:elrepo-bounces at lists.elrepo.org] On Behalf Of Akemi Yagi
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2017 10:46 AM
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Subject: Re: [elrepo] ixgbe

On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 6:22 AM, Akemi Yagi <amyagi at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 6:18 AM, Schramm, David 
> <david.schramm at tdstelecom.com> wrote:
>> 6.7 today but I suspect we could convince the team to bump it to 6.8. If I read the FAQ correctly, would a module made for 6.7 survive the 6.8 upgrade without having to redo it?
>> thanks
>
> Normally, yes. However, RH occasionally, if not often, changes the 
> kABI when going from one point release to another. This can break the 
> kmod package compatibility.

David,

There was indeed a breakage in the kABI between 6.7 and 6.8.
kmod-ixgbe is one of those that need to be built against each point release. If you need the driver for RHEL 6.7, we can build it for you to test. Is your OS x86_64?

Akemi
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