[elrepo] mac802154_hwsim kmod request

[Alan Bartlett]

On Thu, 3 Sep 2020 at 15:09, Alan Bartlett <ajb at elrepo.org> wrote:
>
> 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.

Just a quick note:

Both kernel-ml package sets (el7 and el8) have been rebuilt with the
configuration option CONFIG_IEEE802154_HWSIM=m set. The rebuilt
package sets will appear on our mirror sites, as a -2 release, in the
next hour (or so).

Alan.