Thanks. I understand your point, but I am one of those people who simply can't do an upgrade to the LTS kernel. Again, I think this doesn't necessarily answer my question about FIPS and kernel panic. An additional note, older kernels (2.6.x) and its RH derivatives, works fine when started under FIPS mode. I am sure I am missing some basics when turning the OS to run under FIPS mode, which is why this email to the experts :-) On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 3:14 PM, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote:
On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 02:41:37PM -0600, Tapas Sarangi wrote:
Thanks for the reply. I am using and compiling kernel from kernel.org. I believe 3.18.27 with patches is as new as in January of this year.
The 3.18 kernel was released in December of 2014, the .y patches on the end of that release are for people who for some reason or another are stuck with that kernel release, and are part of the longterm releases.
The overall kernel is over a year old, please upgrade.
greg k-h