Kernel 2.6 based: OCOs for Red Hat

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• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server 4 for S/390 and zSeries
• Kernel version: 2.6.9-42.EL as made available by Red Hat on 2006-08-10.
• For reference see: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0575.html ("Updated kernel packages available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4")

Note, that these OCO-modules will most certainly not match any other (earlier or later) Red Hat distribution, nor any other distribution.

These RPMs contain the re-compiled versions of tape_3590 OCO-modules for RHEL AS 4 kernel 2.6.9-42.

These OCO modules are functionally equivalent to the vanilla kernel 2.6.5 OCO-modules of 2005-02-14.

1. Unpack the tarball: kernel-3590-2.6.9-42.EL.s390.tar.gz or kernel-3590-2.6.9-42.EL.s390x.tar.gz
2. As root, install the rpm using: rpm -i kernel-3590-2.6.9-42.EL.s390.rpm or rpm -i kernel-3590-2.6.9-42.EL.s390x.rpm
3. After applying the RPM you need to setup the command 'depmod -a' as root user.