[elrepo] mac802154_hwsim kmod request

[Alan Bartlett]

On Thu, 3 Sep 2020 at 23:06, Tamas Csirszka <tamas.csirszka at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Alan,
>
> This is looking very good on el7 now.
>
> [root at kernel7 ~]# uname -a
> Linux kernel7 5.8.6-2.el7.elrepo.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Sep 3 11:33:31 EDT 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> [root at kernel7 ~]# modinfo mac802154_hwsim
> filename:       /lib/modules/5.8.6-2.el7.elrepo.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ieee802154/mac802154_hwsim.ko
> license:        GPL
> description:    Software simulator of IEEE 802.15.4 radio(s) for mac802154
> srcversion:     E4B7E19C5975B465FEDCF0B
> depends:        mac802154
> retpoline:      Y
> intree:         Y
> name:           mac802154_hwsim
> vermagic:       5.8.6-2.el7.elrepo.x86_64 SMP mod_unload modversions
> [root at kernel7 ~]# modprobe mac802154_hwsim
> [root at kernel7 ~]# lsmod |grep mac802154_hwsim
> mac802154_hwsim        24576  0
> mac802154              86016  1 mac802154_hwsim
> [root at kernel7 ~]#
>
> Same time el8 hasn't changed, the whole ieee802154 folder content is missing.
>
> I'll engage the user and ask him to do some functional testing on el7, but being able to list and load it on el7 without errors seems very promising. Thank you!
>
>
>
> Cheers,
> Tamas

So 50% encouraging and 50% disappointing. Thank you for your report.

I will re-examine the el8 configuration and see if I can resolve the mystery.

Alan.