System is unable to load third party modules after upgrading kernel

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Issue

  • Following messages are seen during the bootup process after upgrading from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.4 to 4.8. 

    A newer version than this already exists in this kernel
Bad Exit status 101.

  • Servers are experiencing trouble loading 4 new kernel modules after the upgrade (aic79xx 2.0.14, bnx2 1.4.51b, e1000 7.3.15.3, tg3 3.75b).

    #dkms status -m bnx2 

bnx2, 1.4.51b, 2.6.9-5.ELsmp, i686: installed 
bnx2, 1.4.51b, 2.6.9-5.ELhugemem, i686: installed 
bnx2, 1.4.51b, 2.6.9-89.ELsmp, i686: built 
bnx2, 1.4.51b, 2.6.9-5.EL, i686: installed
bnx2, 1.4.51b, 2.6.9-55.ELsmp, i686: installed (original_module exists) (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!)

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  • kernel-smp-2.6.9-89

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