On Saturday 25 March 2006 11:16, Doug Koobs wrote:
> Also, if I compile this module into the kernel, what would happen if I used
> yum or up2date to update the kernel? I don't think the system would boot...
> Maybe I can compile the kernel with the megaraid module as a loadable
> module? Not sure, any help would be appreciated.
> official policy or position of NKS or any of its employees.
The one thing which usually does not happen is that support goes away, unless
it was not really possible due to poor firmware in the hardware, making
support too hard.
The thing to notice with Linux is that it is pretty easy to write drivers.
Indeed, when the first Haloween papers came out (a MS employee who researched
the Linux threat) he stated that it was so easy to do that he could not help
himself from writing a few.
Until I had checked the kernel configuration I would not give up. Chances are
support is just a kernel compile away.
>From that point forward when you do make a kernel upgrade you would need to
recompile it with the same changes, or until your module got reincluded.
Once you get started with compiling the kernel you will be pleasantly
surprised how easy it is.
--Steve Szmidt
"For evil to triumph all that is needed is for good men to do nothing. Edmund Burke
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