[WBEL-users] Driver removed

[Plug N Play]

Thanks Johnny for the clarification,

So that means I can't schedule an upgrade with yum cause
It might remove my driver anytime and making my server
Inaccessible (worse if it upgrades at night). =(


Marc


-----Original Message-----
From: whitebox-users-bounces at beau.org
[mailto:whitebox-users-bounces at beau.org] On Behalf Of Johnny Hughes
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 10:02 AM
To: WhiteBox Users
Subject: Re: [WBEL-users] Driver removed

On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 09:19 +0800, Plug N Play wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
>  
> 
> Greetings.
> 
>  
> 
> A quick question to the list. 
> 
>  
> 
> I just installed Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Software on my
> 
> Whitebox Linux 3.0 Respin 1. All are working fine until I update
> packages
> 
> using yum. After update finished and the system was rebooted. My
> installed and
> 
> working lancard was gone again. I think it may be because of the
> kernel upgrade to
> 
> (Whitebox Linux 3.0 Respin 2).
> 
>  
> 
> How can I prevent my driver from being removed again in the future if
> I do an upgrade to my
> 
> kernel. 
> 
>  
> 
Drivers are Kernel Modules ... when you upgrade your kernel, you have to
rebuild the modules for that kernel. Since that driver is not a standard
kernel module (all the standard ones are rebuilt when building the
kernel), it has to be rebuilt manually after every kernel upgrade.

That is how kernel modules work :)



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