[elrepo] mac802154_hwsim kmod request

[Alan Bartlett]

On Thu, 3 Sep 2020 at 15:06, Tamas Csirszka <tamas.csirszka at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Alan,
>
> Thanks for the info. I quickly tested this with the below results.
> I installed the kernel you suggested on el7 first:
>
>    [root at kernel7 ~]# uname -a
>    Linux kernel7 5.8.6-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Sep 2 12:22:35 EDT 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>    [root at kernel7 ~]#
>
> But the module doesn't seem to be available:
>
>    [root at kernel7 ~]# modinfo mac802154_hwsim
>    modinfo: ERROR: Module mac802154_hwsim not found.
>    [root at kernel7 ~]#
>
> Checked the modules dir as well and can't see it there:
>
>    [root at kernel7 ieee802154]# pwd
>    /usr/lib/modules/5.8.6-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ieee802154
>    [root at kernel7 ieee802154]# ls -l
>    total 296
>    -rwxr--r--. 1 root root 33424 Sep  3 02:43 adf7242.ko
>    -rwxr--r--. 1 root root 49688 Sep  3 02:43 at86rf230.ko
>    -rwxr--r--. 1 root root 35792 Sep  3 02:43 atusb.ko
>    -rwxr--r--. 1 root root 45256 Sep  3 02:43 ca8210.ko
>    -rwxr--r--. 1 root root 29528 Sep  3 02:43 cc2520.ko
>    -rwxr--r--. 1 root root 13784 Sep  3 02:43 fakelb.ko
>    -rwxr--r--. 1 root root 43288 Sep  3 02:43 mcr20a.ko
>    -rwxr--r--. 1 root root 32560 Sep  3 02:43 mrf24j40.ko
>    [root at kernel7 ieee802154]#
>
> The Low-Rate Wireless Personal Area Network support ( ieee802154 ) is there with many available modules, but the hardware simulator module( mac802154_hwsim.ko ) which my user needs for IoT network modelling is unfortunately missing.
>
> On el8 the modinfo similarly cannot find the module and the ieee802154 directory is empty:
>
>    [root at kernel8 ieee802154]# pwd
>    /usr/lib/modules/5.8.6-1.el8.elrepo.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ieee802154
>    [root at kernel8 ieee802154]# ls -l
>    total 0
>    [root at kernel8 ieee802154]#
>
>
> Cheers,
> Tamas

Hi Tamas,

Thank you for letting me know. I shall now go and take a closer look
at both configuration files . . . with the aim of making an
appropriate adjustment.

Regards,
Alan.