[elrepo] rpmfusion now support el6 and el7

[Phil Perry]

On 02/04/17 18:10, Sérgio Basto wrote:
> Hello ,
> RPMfusion since a few weeks ago have el7 repo active and open to new
> contributors , also is a new that akmods and kmtools moved to Fedora
> proper , I'm right now building akmods for epel7 in https://admin.fedor
> aproject.org/pkgdb/package/rpms/akmods/
>
> So you do kmods since some time ago , what you use ?  akmods ? where do
> you have your source repo ? builders etc ?
> I just test akmods in el7 , el6 is to old for me but it works there ?
> yes,  I'm inviting you to contrib  to RPMFusion :)
> https://rpmfusion.org/Contributors
>

Hi Sérgio,

ELRepo has specialised in providing kmod packages for RHEL since 2009. 
We have absolutely no interest in Fedora. We use the framework provided 
by the Red Hat Driver Update Program (DUP) for Red Hat Enterprise Linux:

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/5.0_Release_Notes/sect-Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Release_Notes-Release_notes_for_ppc-Driver_Update_Program.html

http://people.redhat.com/jcm/kmods/RHEL5.2/docs/RHEL5_DUP_InstallQuickstart.pdf

http://people.redhat.com/jcm/el6/dup/docs/dup_book.pdf

This is the Red Hat approved way of packaging kernel modules for RHEL, 
and has been so for the last 10 years. Given RHEL7 is supported until 
June 2024, I don't see that changing any time soon. As Fedora doesn't 
have a stable kernel ABI, I would imagine kmodtool and the DUP is 
totally irrelevant on Fedora.

I have no idea what an akmod is as they don't exist on RHEL. Perhaps 
this is a Fedora thing?

[phil at Build64R7 ~]$ cat /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.3 (Maipo)

[phil at Build64R7 ~]$ sudo yum list akmod\*
Loaded plugins: product-id, search-disabled-repos
Error: No matching Packages to list

[phil at Build64R7 ~]$ sudo yum list kmod\* | wc -l
75

Our repository is at:

http://elrepo.org/linux/elrepo/

where you will also find all our SRPMs

There is also a git repository of some (but not all) packages here:

https://github.com/elrepo/packages/

Our build systems are private, all packages are built on RHEL for RHEL. 
We use mock. We do however welcome contributions of all forms and do 
provide full developer access to our infrastructure where appropriate. 
The only thing we fully restrict is access to our Secure Boot and 
package signing keys and the ability to push signed packages to the 
repos. Do you sign your kernel modules for Secure Boot on RHEL7?

We currently have 95 kmod packages for RHEL5 (now EOL), over 80 kmod 
packages for RHEL6 and 60 kmod packages for RHEL7. We have a very large 
established user base developed over the last 8 years.

RPMFusion, unless I'm missing something, currently offers kmod-nvidia 
(which is currently over 6 weeks out of date), and kmod-VirtualBox for 
RHEL7, and nothing currently available for RHEL6.

It seems to me like elrepo should be extending an invitation to you / 
anyone interested in working on kmod packages for RHEL. We are more than 
happy to share our expertise and would welcome the opportunity to grow 
our existing contributor base :-)

Phil