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Hello,
I have been trying to build the HP Qlogic Netxen, nx_nic , driver on Ferdora13 kernel 2.6.33 but facing with "missing kernel-devel package" errors.
As per the instructions in ...
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Problem building HP Qlogic NIC driver on Fedora13
Hello,
I have been trying to build the HP Qlogic Netxen, nx_nic, driver on Ferdora13 kernel 2.6.33 but facing with "missing kernel-devel package" errors.
As per the instructions in the driver spec, when i try to do rpm build, i get this error.
I tried the rpm build installing kernel-devel-i686 pkg but it only shoots back with
error: Failed build dependencies:
kernel-devel-i586 = package is needed by hp-nx_nic-4.0.544-2.src
But when I installed kernel-devel-i586 pkg for kernel 2.6.30 the rpm build continued beyond this error point only to give some other RPM build error atleast to say there was no missing kernel-devel pkg error.
Has anybody come across any such error with any other driver ? or nx_nic in specific?
Does this error mean kernel-devel-i586 a MUST for this driver ? As far as i knw there is no -i586 pkg for kernel 2.6.33 when i searched in kernel-devel repository!
I am not sure, if this forum is right place for posting this question. If not, pls re-direct me to the right one
Thanks in advance for any help!
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It sounds like the dependency listing for the driver is not compatible with your kernel. There were significant kernel changes between 2.6.30 and 2.6.33. I wold suggest you contact HP tech support about this problem.
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