[elrepo] i2c-i801 driver update

Björn Gerhart gerhart at posteo.de
Mon Jun 18 12:15:25 EDT 2018


> Am 16.06.2018 um 11:03 schrieb Björn Gerhart <gerhart at posteo.de>:
> 
>> Am 15.06.2018 um 23:27 schrieb Akemi Yagi <toracat at elrepo.org>:
>> 
>> On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 2:06 PM, Akemi Yagi <toracat at elrepo.org> wrote:
>>> On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 1:01 PM, Björn Gerhart <gerhart at posteo.de> wrote:
>>>> Hi, the ko within the package kmod-i2c-i801-0.0-3 yet seems not to be compatible with the latest el7 kABI any more. I would kindly ask you to provide the RPM-package.
>>>> 
>>>> However, I cloned the github packages repo, and obviously the compilation of the current source code against the latest el7 kernel finishes properly. And, also the functionality by insmod’ding the naked ko file is provided as I would expect it on my chipset (Apollo Lake).
>>>> 
>>>> I also can test the RPM on my system once built. Anything else I can help with therefore?
>>>> 
>>>> Best Regards - Björn
>>> 
>>> Thanks for the note about the kmod-i2c-i801 package. Yes, it is one of
>>> those that need rebuilding for EL 7.5. We will try to release the
>>> updated version to our testing repository shortly.
>>> 
>>> Akemi
>> 
>> The updated package, kmod-i2c-i801-0.0-4.el7_5.elrepo.x86_64.rpm, has
>> been released to the testing repo and will show up on our mirrors
>> soon.
>> 
>> Akemi
> 
> Thanks a lot Akemi, this was lightning fast!
> 
> I’ll check the testing package on Monday and come back again with my result.
> 

Finally, from my point of view the testing package gets installed properly including the weak mechanism. The module gets loaded with the current el7 kernel and works properly.
Thank you Akemi!
Björn



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