Re: re: driver conflicts

It means that the kernel already has a driver module of the same name (but possibly different 
version).

Try either using the rpm -U option (upgrade) or move the file out to a backup location before 
running the package install.

James.

9/07/03 12:00:49, "Jon  Miller" <[email protected]> wrote:

>I have both the kernel and the kernel-smp installed (due to using a dual Xeon server).  I 
was trying to install the broadcom gigabit driver and ran into the following:
>[root@gfpmsql i386]# rpm -ivh bcm5700-2.2.27-1.i386.rpm
>Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
>        file /lib/modules/2.4.18-14smp/kernel/drivers/addon/bcm5700/bcm5700.o fr
>om install of bcm5700-2.2.27-1 conflicts with file from package kernel-smp-2.4.1
>8-14
>
>Any ideas what needs to be done to fix this?  Do I have to add a module to the kernel-smp?
>
>
>Thanks
>
>Jon L. Miller, MCNE, CNS
>Director/Sr Systems Consultant
>MMT Networks Pty Ltd
>http://www.mmtnetworks.com.au
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