Why does kdump service fail with the error: "No module qla2xxx_conf found for kernel"?

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Issue

  • Unable to start kdump service on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
    Eg:
# service kdump start
No kdump initial ramdisk found.                            [WARNING]
Rebuilding /boot/initrd-2.6.18-274.12.1.el5kdump.img
No module qla2xxx_conf found for kernel 2.6.18-274.12.1.el5, aborting.
Failed to run mkdumprd

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • kdump
  • qla2xxx_conf

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