Missing ipmi kernel modules after upgrade to RHEL 6.4 kernel 2.6.32-358.el6.x86_64
Issue
- Missing ipmiutil kernel modules after upgrade to 2.6.32-358.23.2.el6.x86_64
- We have upgraded one of our system from RHEL 6.3 kernel
2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64to RHEL 6.4 kernel version2.6.32-358.23.2.el6.x86_64. Since this upgrade ipmi do not work like before. Also/dev/ipmi0is not present after system is booted. We have noticed that some ipmi related kernel modules are missing:
RHEL 6.3 kernel
# uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Jun 13 18:24:36 EDT 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
# service ipmi status
ipmi_msghandler module loaded.
ipmi_si module loaded.
ipmi_devintf module loaded.
/dev/ipmi0 exists.
# find /lib/modules -name "ipmi*"
/lib/modules/2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64/kernel/drivers/char/ipmi
/lib/modules/2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64/kernel/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64/kernel/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64/kernel/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_poweroff.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64/kernel/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64/kernel/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.ko
RHEL 6.4 kernel
[root@localhost ~]# uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.32-358.23.2.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Sat Sep 14 05:32:37 EDT 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[root@localhost ~]# service ipmi status
ipmi_msghandler module not loaded.
ipmi_si module not loaded.
ipmi_devintf module not loaded.
/dev/ipmi0 does not exist.
[root@localhost ~]# find /lib/modules -name "ipmi*"
/lib/modules/2.6.32-358.23.2.el6.x86_64/kernel/drivers/char/ipmi
/lib/modules/2.6.32-358.23.2.el6.x86_64/kernel/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.32-358.23.2.el6.x86_64/kernel/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.32-358.23.2.el6.x86_64/kernel/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_poweroff.ko
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4
- kernel-2.6.32-358.el6.x86_64 or newer
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