Kernel 2.4 based: OCOs for Red Hat

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The following recommended downloads are for use with:

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server 3 for S/390 and zSeries
• Kernel version: 2.4.21-37.0.1.EL as made available by Red Hat on 2006-01-19.
• For reference see: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0140.html ("Important: kernel security update")

Note, that these OCO-modules will most certainly not match any other (earlier or later) Red Hat distribution, nor any other distribution.

These RPMs contain the re-compiled versions of tape_3590 OCO-modules for RHEL AS 3 kernel 2.4.21-37.0.1, functionally equivalent to the previous (2005-10-07, 2005-06-03, 2005-05-25, 2005-04-28, 2005-01-24, 2005-01-11, 2004-12-10, 2004-09-20, 2004-08-06, 2004-07-13, 2004-07-05, 2004-05-28, 2004-03-09, 2004-02-16, 2003-11-14, and 2003-10-31) OCO-modules for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server 3.

[2006-01-20] kernel-3590-2.4.21-37.0.1.EL.s390.tar.gz MD5 (31-bit)

[2006-01-20] kernel-3590-2.4.21-37.0.1.EL.s390x.tar.gz MD5 (64-bit)

Installation Instructions:

1. Unpack the tarball: kernel-3590-2.4.21-37.0.1.EL.s390.tar.gz or kernel-3590-2.4.21-37.0.1.EL.s390x.tar.gz
2. As root, install the rpm using: rpm -i kernel-3590-2.4.21-37.0.1.EL.s390.rpm or rpm -i kernel-3590-2.4.21-37.0.1.EL.s390x.rpm
3. After applying the RPM you need to setup the command 'depmod -a' as root user.

Restrictions:

In the 2.4.21-37.0.1.EL Red Hat kernel several IBM bug fixes for tape-infrastructure are missing.
Therefore, do not set fixed block sizes to tape devices, since this can lead to system crashes.