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

Tue Sep 22 07:02:35 UTC 2020
Dedoep <stompnoe at gmail.com>

Hi Phil,

I can confirm our initial testing shows its all working!

Thanks, feels like such an understatement of gratitude! :D

Cheers
Dan

On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 1:12 AM Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org> wrote:

> 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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