[CentOS] CentOS Digest, Vol 157, Issue 4

Tue Feb 6 06:09:41 UTC 2018
Stephen Davies <sdavies at sdc.com.au>


On 04/02/18 22:30, centos-request at centos.org wrote:
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> Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2018 16:57:19 -0800
> From: Akemi Yagi <amyagi at gmail.com>
> To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org>
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Update to 3.10.0-693.17.1 breaks ath5k
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> On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 10:57 PM, Stephen Davies <sdavies at sdc.com.au> wrote:
>> Where can I find a suitable module or even source code to build here?
>>
>> (Centos 7)
> 
> ELRepo used to provide the kmod-ath5k package. However, the module
> does not compile under EL7.4 due to the change in the wireless stack.
> If your device needs ath5k, give ELRepo's kernel-lt a try. The module
> is enabled in this kernel.
> 
> Akemi
> 
> 

I have worked around this issue by changing the default boot image to 
the previous release.
I realise that this leaves the Intel issue but I can live with that and 
without future kernel updates.
Hopefully somebody will fix the module before I die.

Cheers,
Stephen