[CentOS] A Request to Add module to CentOS Linux (3.10.0-1127.18.2.el7.x86_64) 7 (Core)

Tue Sep 15 15:11:47 UTC 2020
Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org>

On 9/15/20 8:09 AM, Phil Perry wrote:
> On 15/09/2020 05:28, Dedoep wrote:
>> Hi Phil,
>>
>> Not sure if you've had time to look at this? As mentioned middleware,
>> like
>> docker-ce, is preventing us from moving to el8.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Dan
>>
> 
> Hi Dan,
> 
> I've succeeded in backporting mac802154_hwsim for you as a standalone
> kmod package for el7. I've updated your request here:
> 
> https://elrepo.org/bugs/view.php?id=1035
> 
> Phil
> 
> 
>> On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 10:33 PM Dedoep <stompnoe at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Phil, ok that's great thanks.
>>> I have a colleague working through vroc/fake raid issues we're having
>>> when using kernel-ml-5.8.6-2.el7.elrepo.x86_64.rpm by switching to linux
>>> soft raid. Also we dont have a supported docker-ce for el8  yet.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 9:10 PM Phil Perry <pperry at elrepo.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 11/09/2020 07:59, Dedoep wrote:
>>>>> Hello John & Frank,
>>>>>
>>>>> We have tried both Centos8 and
>>>>> installing kernel-ml-5.8.6-2.el7.elrepo.x86_64.rpm but both options
>>>>> are
>>>> too
>>>>> "bleeding" edge for our other middleware that still require the Centos
>>>>> 7 3.10.0-1127.18.2.el7.x86_64. Hence the request.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have tried backporting the module to el7 for you as requested at
>>>> elrepo, but it is not trivial and so far I've not been able to get the
>>>> code to compile cleanly. I'll see if I can have another look at it this
>>>> weekend, but I'm not overly hopeful given the age of the el7 kernel.
>>>>
>>>> As others have said, it's never going to appear in the CentOS kernel as
>>>> it's not present in upstream in RHEL7.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Phil

Thanks for your efforts Phil.  Great job.

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