Re: getting path to backport directory

[Steve Wise <swise-7bPotxP6k4+P2YhJcF5u+vpXobYPEAuW@public.gmane.org>]

If you have a configured ofa_kernel tree, then look at 
<path_to_ofa_kernel>/config.mk.  It contains the backport path.

Steve.


Robert D. Russell wrote:
>
> A general question on getting the correct backport.
>
> On my machine, if I do "uname -r" I get
> 2.6.18-128.el5
>
> If I do "cat /etc/redhat-release" I get
> CentOs release 5.3 (Final)
>
> If I look in "/usr/src/ofa_kernel/kernel_addons/backport"
> the subdirectory I need to use for the current kernel is:
> 2.6.18-EL5.3
>
> My question:  Is there somewhere in the system where I can
> find (or generate) the string "2.6.18-EL5.3"?
> I want to put that in my scripts so they will automatically
> pick it up whenever we change versions (as we just did when
> going to Centos -- it used to be 2.6.18-EL5.2 in the RedHat
> version we were running before).  At present I have to edit
> these scripts by hand, and that's a lousy way to do business.
>
> Thanks,
> Bob Russell
>
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