[elrepo] More 7.4 incompatible drivers

[Nick Howitt]

Hi Phil,

As the r8169 does not carry 7_4 in its file name, does that mean it is 
backwards compatible with earlier kernels/versions of EL7?

Regards,

Nick

On 2017-10-03 08:06, Nick Howitt wrote:
> Hi Phil,
> 
> Thanks for these. I'll get them built as soon as possible then try to
> track down the people who requested them to test.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Nick
> 
> On 2017-10-02 21:04, Phil Perry wrote:
>> On 01/10/17 20:12, Phil Perry wrote:
>>> On 01/10/17 17:04, Nick Howitt wrote:
>>>> Hi Phil,
>>>> 
>>>> I've been through all the kmod drivers I've compiled for 7.3 and 
>>>> tried compiling them against ClearOS 7.4. Four of them have failed 
>>>> to compile:
>>>> ath10k
>>> 
>>> ath10k was included in RHEL from 7.3 onwards so we have deprecated 
>>> our driver in favour of the distro kernel driver.
>>> 
>>>> ne2k-pci
>>> 
>>> ne2k-pci should be the same fix as via-rhine.
>>> 
>>>> r8169
>>> 
>>> again, looks like the same fix as via-rhine.
>>> 
>>>> rtl8723be
>>> 
>>> rtl8723be was included in RHEL from 7.3 onwards so we have deprecated 
>>> our driver in favour of the distro kernel driver.
>>> 
>>> I'll look to push out updates for ne2k-pci and r8169.
>>> 
>>> In addition to those above, I note from grepping my source code tree 
>>> the following drivers may also be affected by the 'trans_start' 
>>> issue:
>>> 
>>> 3c59x
>>> lan78xx
>>> mptfc
>>> sis900
>>> 
>>> although 3 of the 4 do weak link against 7.4 series kernels. I will 
>>> most likely wait for bug reports and fix them should they arise.
>>> 
>>> Phil
>>> 
>> 
>> I've rebuilt the following ethernet drivers against RHEL 7.4.
>> kmod-ne2k-pci needed rebuilding as it was not compatible with 7.4, and
>> for the others I've taken the opportunity to fix build errors when
>> rebuilding against RHEL 7.4, but otherwise haven't updated the driver.
>> 
>> kmod-3c59x-0.0-3.el7.elrepo.x86_64.rpm
>> kmod-ne2k-pci-1.03-3.el7_4.elrepo.x86_64.rpm
>> kmod-r8169-6.020.00-2.el7.elrepo.x86_64.rpm
>> kmod-sis900-1.08.10-2.el7.elrepo.x86_64.rpm
>> 
>> Packages are currently syncing to the main elrepo repository.
>> 
>> Phil
>> 
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