Kernel update problems

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server SLES Updates
1

Hello,

i just updated a SLES 11 Server running on ESX to SP1.

originally the server was running on 2.6.27.54-0.2-pae. the update
installed aditionally
2.6.32.36-0.5-default for some reason.
the fatal thing is it mkinitrd was not able to locate all needed
modules for 2.6.32.36-0.5-default
-WARNING: no dependencies for kernel module ‘ata_generic’ found.-
and to complete the mess made this the default kernel so the server did
not come up again.

2 Questions

  • Why does zypper update install additionally a different kernel pae /=
    default
  • Why is ata_generic module not shipped with default kernel

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On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 08:26:02 GMT
demwz demwz@no-mx.forums.novell.com wrote:
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Hello,

i just updated a SLES 11 Server running on ESX to SP1.

originally the server was running on 2.6.27.54-0.2-pae. the update
installed aditionally
2.6.32.36-0.5-default for some reason.
the fatal thing is it mkinitrd was not able to locate all needed
modules for 2.6.32.36-0.5-default
-WARNING: no dependencies for kernel module ‘ata_generic’ found.-
and to complete the mess made this the default kernel so the server
did not come up again.

2 Questions

  • Why does zypper update install additionally a different kernel
    pae /= default
  • Why is ata_generic module not shipped with default kernel

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Hi
You didn’t have any third party kernel modules installed on the
system before you upgraded? The ata_generic.ko is in all the kernels so
it should load.

What method did you use to upgrade the system?

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openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64) Kernel 2.6.37.6-0.7-desktop
up 2 days 2:26, 5 users, load average: 0.00, 0.04, 0.10
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4

Hi,

guessing from the version numbers, you upgraded from SLES11 SP0/GA to
SLES11 SP1. zypper up can have
such side effects when doing an online migration.

For a better way to do online migration, please see ‘How to upgrade to
SLES/SLED 11 SP1’
(http://www.novell.com/support/documentLink.do?externalID=7005410)

Besides that, ata_generic.ko is available in all kernels, and it is a
warning anyway (it found the module, but didn’t find
any of its dependencies). I assume that there is a different reason for
the reboot failure. Could you please contact Support to help figure out
what went wrong?

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