[elrepo] lirc_serial recommendation?

[Phil Perry]

On 11/01/15 00:12, Wade Berrier wrote:
> 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


Fantastic.

Many thanks for the feedback. I'll promote the package from testing to
the main repository.

Thanks,

Phil