[WBEL-users] WBEL n_hdlc config query
neil
neilcuk@aol.com
Thu, 29 Apr 2004 15:01:38 +0100
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Johnny Hughes wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-04-29 at 05:12, Jan-Albert van Ree wrote:
>
>>On Thursday 29 April 2004 11:52, neil wrote:
>>> Hi all.
>>>
>>> I've just got round to installing WBEL (a much welcomed distro). I
>>> intend on trying it out as a replacement for my home gateway. I'm using
>>> an Alcatel USB ADSL modem which requires N_HDLC support which isn't
>>> compiled in as a module to the default WBEL(RHEL) kernel.
>>>
>>> Ideally I want to avoid installing the sources and associated compiler
>>> to keep things to a minimum. Obviously I haven't messed about much yet
>>> (not enough hours in the day!) but I just wanted to know if anyone else
>>> has a requirement for n_hdlc and got things working. Maybe I missed
>>> something? I'm assuming I will have to recompile the kernel. Any
>>> thoughts?
>>
>>It's in the kernel-unsupported package, which contains modules which are not
>>supported under the RHEL support contract. Since Whitebox mimics RHEL here
>>it's also in the unsupported RPM.
>>So a 'yum install kernel-unsupported' should do it (if you have an SMP
>>system it's kernel-smp-unsupported)
>>
>
> After installing kernel-unsupported, you need to rebuild the initrd
> image (per the RHEL release notes) with this command:
>
> /sbin/new-kernel-pkg --mkinitrd --depmod --install <kernel-version>
>
> see these references:
>
> http://www.redhat.com/archives/taroon-list/2003-November/msg00185.html
>
> https://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-3-Manual/release-notes/as-x86/
> (read the Kernel Notes section)
>
> - Johnny Hughes
Thanks so much guys - I would have been searching for ages. That's
resolved my little issue - now, if someone could just figure out how to
get another 5 hours of play time during the day.... :-)
neil
P.S. many, many thanks to the whitebox distro maintainers. Great job!
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Johnny Hughes wrote:<br>
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On Thu, 2004-04-29 at 05:12, Jan-Albert van Ree wrote:
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<pre><font color="#737373"><i>On Thursday 29 April 2004 11:52, neil wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> I've just got round to installing WBEL (a much welcomed distro). I
> intend on trying it out as a replacement for my home gateway. I'm using
> an Alcatel USB ADSL modem which requires N_HDLC support which isn't
> compiled in as a module to the default WBEL(RHEL) kernel.
>
> Ideally I want to avoid installing the sources and associated compiler
> to keep things to a minimum. Obviously I haven't messed about much yet
> (not enough hours in the day!) but I just wanted to know if anyone else
> has a requirement for n_hdlc and got things working. Maybe I missed
> something? I'm assuming I will have to recompile the kernel. Any
> thoughts?
It's in the kernel-unsupported package, which contains modules which are not
supported under the RHEL support contract. Since Whitebox mimics RHEL here
it's also in the unsupported RPM.
So a 'yum install kernel-unsupported' should do it (if you have an SMP
system it's kernel-smp-unsupported)</i></font></pre>
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After installing kernel-unsupported, you need to rebuild the initrd
image (per the RHEL release notes) with this command:<br>
<br>
/sbin/new-kernel-pkg --mkinitrd --depmod --install
<kernel-version><br>
<br>
see these references:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.redhat.com/archives/taroon-list/2003-November/msg00185.html">http://www.redhat.com/archives/taroon-list/2003-November/msg00185.html</a><br>
<br>
<a href="https://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-3-Manual/release-notes/as-x86/">https://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-3-Manual/release-notes/as-x86/</a><br>
(read the <b>Kernel Notes</b> section)<br>
<br>
- Johnny Hughes
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<div class="moz-signature">Thanks so much guys - I would have been
searching for ages. That's resolved my little issue - now, if someone
could just figure out how to get another 5 hours of play time during
the day.... :-)<br>
<br>
neil<br>
P.S. many, many thanks to the whitebox distro maintainers. Great job!<br>
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