Problems Building hp-be2net-2.104.225.7 on RHEL5 64-bit

[Darren Reddick]

Hello,
I am trying install the NIC drivers for the NC553i NIC on a BL460c G7 server running on RHEL 5.3 x86_64 (kernel 2.6.18-238.1.1.el5).
HP supply the source rpm file "hp-be2net-2.104.225.7-1.src.rpm".
I have no problems installing the source rpm but am unable to build the binary rpm. I have attached the error message to this mail.

I have followed HPs installation instructions through hp-be2net-2.104.277.1-2.src.txt found at http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=329290&prodSeriesId=4324629&swItem=MTX-9dcd69bcd55e4b9aba3800f06f&prodNameId=4324630&swEnvOID=4006&swLang=8&taskId=135&mode=4&idx=0 .

Any suggestions would be appreciated (or a link to the compiled binary rpm!).

[rick jones]

Based on http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/linux/supportmatrix/rhel/exceptions/rhel-exceptions.html showing the minimum supported version of RHEL5 for the BL460 G7 is 5.5 it seems a reasonable first guess that RHEL5.3 does not have the definition for the routine about which the compiler is complaining when you try to build the driver.

[Darren Reddick]

Hi,
That does sound very reasonable after looking at that link. Will give the build a try on a Redhat 5.5 system.

Many thanks for your response,
Darren