recompiling kernel with mpt2sasbtm driver

[toracat]

I'm a little confused here. What is your [i]running[/i] kernel? Are you trying to rebuild the kernel against some earlier version of the kernel ??

In any event, you don't have to recompile the whole kernel. Try building a kernel module by following the instructions at:

http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/BuildingKernelModules

Method 1 is the easiest.

[AlanBartlett]

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I have a DELL PowerEdge R715 server, with the mpt sas controller.
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That is the only piece of clear information that I can follow from your posts. You say --

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Right now there's a need to recompile a kernel.
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Please explain why you feel "[i]there's a need to recompile a kernel[/i]".

From the running system, please post the output returned by the following commands --

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[b]uname -rmi
rpm -qa kernel\* | sort
rpm -q centos-release[/b]
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