[elrepo] Anyway to install kmod-ath9k_htc without it forcing a kernel update?

[Ljubomir Ljubojevic]

On 07/01/2014 05:35 PM, Phil Perry wrote:
> On 01/07/14 16:07, Michael B wrote:
> 
>>
>> Thank you Phil and Manuel (wolfy),
>>
>>> I'm wondering why you are unwilling/unable to update your system
>>
>> Figured I'd get this question.  Short answer:  Clients.
>>
>> The build in question is the dev box to support production environments that I 
>> don't have control over.  Clients aren't willing to pay for the production 
>> rebuild, recompiles, and (mostly) the resultant QA time, so this box is stuck 
>> at the lowest common denominator.
>>
> 
> Fair enough.
> 
>>> If a driver uses such kernel symbols 
>>> and these symbols change between kernel releases
>>
>> If I'm reading the tea leaves correctly, there was a major symbol change 
>> sometime between 6.3 and 6.4 and therefor almost all the drivers on ELRepo 
>> are going to have this issue?
>>
> 
> Red Hat did a major backport in 6.4, backporting the wireless stack from
> ~ kernel 3.5 IIRC. Anyway, the upshot is that 6.4 supports newer
> wireless drivers that are possible in 6.3. In very simplistic wireless
> terms, 6.3 is like a 2.6.32 kernel whereas 6.4 is like a 3.5 kernel.
> 
> In some cases we can simply rebuild the driver against the older kernel
> for you and it will work, but in this case it's not possible to backport
> this driver to the 6.3 kernel as it simply doesn't contain the updated
> wireless kernel ABIs necessary.
> 
>> Was there a package for the ath9k built prior to the symbol change?  And if 
>> so, where could I find it?
>>
> 
> Yes, there was an old package forked from the wireless compat backport
> project, but I'm not sure if it ever worked.
> 
>> == And/Or ==
>>
>> While this would be a long shot, would you happen to know which USB chipset(s) 
>> have packages available for 6.3?  (Bonus points for ones with external 
>> antennas!)
>>
>>> Driver ABC working on kernel version XYZ
>>
>> I had done a pretty extensive research to identify the Atheros as working on 
>> 2.6.32, but the page (lost the link) didn't resolve deeper.  If I understand 
>> this ELRepo page correctly, http://elrepo.org/tiki/Driver+Versions , this 
>> would be the page to identify how old a kernel a given ELRepo driver will 
>> work on?
>>
>> Is so, could someone add the ath9k_htc with the full kernel version(s)?
>>
>> Probably need to go offline as I'd be willing to help clean it up; that page 
>> needs further columns to be actually useful:  Repository Channel, Bus, 
>> Firmware link, and probably some others I wouldn't mind helping with.
>>
>>> http://elrepo.org/tiki/DeviceIDs
>>
>> This page could use the command for USB identification:
>>
>> [user at elrepo]$ /usr/bin/lsusb
>>
>>> Red Hat Extended Update Support (EUS)
>>
>> How much do they generally cost?  I'm reasonably sure Red Hat isn't adverse to 
>> taking money for the last set of updates...
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Michael
> 


It looks easier to hook up standalone wireless router to NIC or find
some different Atheros radio that is supported by 6.3 kernel.


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Ljubomir Ljubojevic
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