Kernel 2.4 based: OCOs for Red Hat

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• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server 3 for S/390 and zSeries
• Kernel version: 2.4.21-4.EL (dated 03-Oct-2003)
• as released by Red Hat on 2003-10-21 at:
  http://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/3/en/os/s390 (31bit), and
  http://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/3/en/os/s390x (64bit)

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 initial versions of tape_3590 OCO modules.

1. Unpack the tarball: kernel-3590-2.4.21-4.EL.s390.tar.gz or kernel-3590-2.4.21-4.EL.s390x.tar.gz
2. As root, install the rpm using: rpm -i kernel-3590-2.4.21-4.EL.s390.rpm or rpm -i kernel-3590-2.4.21-4.EL.s390x.rpm
3. After applying the RPM you need to setup the command 'depmod -a' as root user.

1. Using tape block devices only works with manually created device nodes.
2. When loading a tape module, the names of the devices must be added explicitly, e.g.
   insmod tape390 tape=181
   insmod tape_3590