[elrepo] kmod-e100

[Phil Perry]

On 18/09/17 15:02, Greg Yeomans wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> I am currently running SL7 on my desktop and I have a e100 ethernet card 
> as a dedicated ethernet bridge for my VMs.  Unfortunately the latest 
> kernel that works with the current build of the module 
> os 3.10.0-514.26.2.el7.  I testing this on SL7 and CentOS7 and received 
> the same resullts.
> 
> Attempting to install the module without that kernel will pull the 
> kernel as a dependency.
> 
> $ sudo yum install kmod-e100
> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks
> Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
>   * elrepo: ftp.nluug.nl <http://ftp.nluug.nl>
>   * epel: mirror.math.princeton.edu <http://mirror.math.princeton.edu>
>   * nux-dextop: mirror.li.nux.ro <http://mirror.li.nux.ro>
>   * repos: ftp2.scientificlinux.org <http://ftp2.scientificlinux.org>
>   * sl: ftp2.scientificlinux.org <http://ftp2.scientificlinux.org>
>   * sl-extras: ftp2.scientificlinux.org <http://ftp2.scientificlinux.org>
>   * sl-fastbugs: ftp2.scientificlinux.org <http://ftp2.scientificlinux.org>
>   * sl-security: ftp2.scientificlinux.org <http://ftp2.scientificlinux.org>
> Resolving Dependencies
> --> Running transaction check
> ---> Package kmod-e100.x86_64 0:3.5.24-1.el7.elrepo will be installed
> --> Processing Dependency: kernel(skb_clone_tx_timestamp) = 0x83433c92 
> for package: kmod-e100-3.5.24-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64
> --> Running transaction check
> ---> Package kernel.x86_64 0:3.10.0-514.26.2.el7 will be installed
> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
> 
> Dependencies Resolved
> 
> =====================================================================================================================
>   Package                  Arch                  Version                
>               Repository                  Size
> =====================================================================================================================
> Installing:
>   kernel                   x86_64                3.10.0-514.26.2.el7    
>               sl-fastbugs                 37 M
>   kmod-e100                x86_64                3.5.24-1.el7.elrepo    
>               elrepo                      34 k
> 
> Transaction Summary
> =====================================================================================================================
> Install  2 Packages
> 
> Besides the obvious of buying a new/supported ethernet card, can this 
> module be updated to support the newer kernels, or would it require 
> building the kernel with skb_clone_tx_timestamp enabled.  What other 
> options do I have to get this card functional with newer kernels.
> 
> Thank you in advance,
> 
> Greg Yeomans
> 
> 

Hi Greg,

There is an updated kmod-e100 package available in the testing repo 
built specifically for el7.4.

You can install/update it with:

yum --enablerepo=elrepo-testing update kmod-e100

Note: the updated package is only compatible with the el7.4 kernel and 
is not backward compatible with earlier kernels so you will need to 
update and then reboot into your latest el7.4 kernel.

Here is a direct link in case you should require:

http://elrepo.org/linux/testing/el7/x86_64/RPMS/kmod-e100-3.5.24-2.el7_4.elrepo.x86_64.rpm

Once I've received positive feedback the new package works, I'll move it 
to the main repo.

Phil