[elrepo] lirc_serial recommendation?

[Wade Berrier]

On Jan 07 20:32, Phil Perry wrote:
> On 07/01/15 05:20, Wade Berrier wrote:
> > On Jan 06 17:56, Phil Perry wrote:
> > 
> > I wouldn't be surprised if the missing symbol was caused by an
> > unrelated issue on my machine (I've been seeing other issues with it).
> > Loading lirc_serial worked on one of my machines.
> > 
> 
> You may be correct.
> 
> >>
> >> Upon further investigation it would appear there are too many module
> >> dependencies on other in tree modules so I think these drivers are best
> >> built in kernel. I would suggest we ask Akemi to enable these drivers in
> >> the centos-plus kernel if you need device support.
> >>
> > 
> > I think it's still worth having a kmod package for the drivers that do
> > work.  Maybe we could leave the ones out that have missing symbols?
> > Or, just package kmod-lirc_serial, since it loaded just fine?
> > 
> 
> OK, I've built a kmod-lirc_serial package for you and it's currently
> syncing to the mirrors. It should show up in the elrepo testing
> repository soon.
> 
> kmod-lirc_serial-0.0-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64.rpm
> 
> http://elrepo.org/linux/testing/el7/x86_64/RPMS/
> 

Hi Phil,

I was able to try it out at it works great!

I have one machine (that again, has other problems) where I have to
use the "--force" option to modprobe.  I'm not sure what's going on
there quite yet, but that's ok with me because the driver is
functioning great.

Thanks,

Wade