[elrepo] Announcement: EL6 New kmod-alx driver for Atheros AR8161/AR8162 Ethernet devices

[Phil Perry]

Announcing the release of new kmod-alx packages into the EL6 testing 
repository:

http://elrepo.org/tiki/kmod-alx

This package provides the alx kernel module for the latest 
Atheros/Qualcomm AR8161/AR8161 Ethernet devices.

It is built to depend upon the specific ABI provided by a range of
releases of the same variant of the Linux kernel and not on any one
specific build.

It has been created as a result of the following RFE:

http://elrepo.org/bugs/view.php?id=306

More information about this driver including supported devices is 
available at the driver webpage here:

http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/alx

It should be noted that this is a beta driver that has yet to make it 
into the upstream kernel (kernel.org). We welcome feedback on the 
package (essential if it is to be promoted from the testing repository), 
although feedback and patches for the driver are best directed to the 
upstream mailing list (backports at vger.kernel.org) or directly to the 
developers (nic-devel at qualcomm.com).

The following files are currently syncing to the mirrors:

kmod-alx-0.0-1.20121003.el6.elrepo.i686.rpm
kmod-alx-0.0-1.20121003.el6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm
alx-kmod-0.0-1.20121003.el6.elrepo.src.rpm


Thank you,

The ELRepo Team.