[ofa-general] installing ofed-1.4

[Vladimir Sokolovsky]

Markus Uhlmann wrote:
> hello,
>
> i am installing ofed-1.4 (as of 8. jan. 2009) on a 64 bit debian
> system. 
>
> after installing a number of rpms without problems, the installation 
> discontinues with the following error (from the log file):
>
> --------------------------------------------
> Processing files: kernel-ib-1.4-2.6.18_6_amd64
> error: File not found: /var/tmp/OFED/lib/modules/2.6.18-6-amd64/updates/kernel/drivers/net/cxgb3
> error: File not found: /var/tmp/OFED/lib/modules/2.6.18-6-amd64/updates/kernel/drivers/net/mlx4
> --------------------------------------------
>
> these directories were apparently not created during preceeding
> installation steps. however, the modules have indeed been built
> correctly, here:
>
> /var/tmp/OFED_topdir/BUILD/ofa_kernel-1.4/lib/modules/2.6.18-6-amd64/extra/drivers/net/cxgb3/
>
> /var/tmp/OFED_topdir/BUILD/ofa_kernel-1.4/lib/modules/2.6.18/extra/drivers/net/mlx4/
>
> (containing kernel modules "cxgb3.ko" and "mlx4_core.ko", "mlx4_en.ko")
>
> there must be some confuson in the install script, or wherever those
> paths come from.
>
> is there a way to adjust that?
>
> thanks,
>
> mu
>
> ps: this is near the top of the log-file:
>
> Installing /root/non-free/infiniband/OFED-1.4-20090108-0600/SRPMS/ofa_kernel-1.4-ofed20090108.src.rpm
>
>   
Hello Markus,
Please send me the full rpmbuild log file (can be found under 
/tmp/OFED.xxxxxx).
 From the log above, I see that the kernel version is *2.6.18-6-amd64*, 
while required
modules installed under 
/var/tmp/OFED_topdir/BUILD/ofa_kernel-1.4/lib/modules/*2.6.18*/extra.
Do you have KVERSION or MODULES_DIR environment variables defined?

Regards,
Vladimir