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

Tue Sep 15 13:09:51 UTC 2020
Phil Perry <pperry at elrepo.org>

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
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