<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Alan,</div><div><br></div><div>This is looking very good on el7 now.</div><div><br></div><div>[root@kernel7 ~]# uname -a<br>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<br>[root@kernel7 ~]# modinfo mac802154_hwsim<br>filename: /lib/modules/5.8.6-2.el7.elrepo.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ieee802154/mac802154_hwsim.ko<br>license: GPL<br>description: Software simulator of IEEE 802.15.4 radio(s) for mac802154<br>srcversion: E4B7E19C5975B465FEDCF0B<br>depends: mac802154<br>retpoline: Y<br>intree: Y<br>name: mac802154_hwsim<br>vermagic: 5.8.6-2.el7.elrepo.x86_64 SMP mod_unload modversions<br>[root@kernel7 ~]# modprobe mac802154_hwsim<br>[root@kernel7 ~]# lsmod |grep mac802154_hwsim<br>mac802154_hwsim 24576 0<br>mac802154 86016 1 mac802154_hwsim<br>[root@kernel7 ~]#<br></div><br><div>Same time el8 hasn't changed, the whole
ieee802154 folder content is missing.</div><div></div><div><br></div><div>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!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Tamas<br></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 2:53 AM Alan Bartlett <<a href="mailto:ajb@elrepo.org">ajb@elrepo.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Thu, 3 Sep 2020 at 15:09, Alan Bartlett <<a href="mailto:ajb@elrepo.org" target="_blank">ajb@elrepo.org</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> On Thu, 3 Sep 2020 at 15:06, Tamas Csirszka <<a href="mailto:tamas.csirszka@gmail.com" target="_blank">tamas.csirszka@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> > Hi Alan,<br>
> ><br>
> > Thanks for the info. I quickly tested this with the below results.<br>
> > I installed the kernel you suggested on el7 first:<br>
> ><br>
> > [root@kernel7 ~]# uname -a<br>
> > 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<br>
> > [root@kernel7 ~]#<br>
> ><br>
> > But the module doesn't seem to be available:<br>
> ><br>
> > [root@kernel7 ~]# modinfo mac802154_hwsim<br>
> > modinfo: ERROR: Module mac802154_hwsim not found.<br>
> > [root@kernel7 ~]#<br>
> ><br>
> > Checked the modules dir as well and can't see it there:<br>
> ><br>
> > [root@kernel7 ieee802154]# pwd<br>
> > /usr/lib/modules/5.8.6-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ieee802154<br>
> > [root@kernel7 ieee802154]# ls -l<br>
> > total 296<br>
> > -rwxr--r--. 1 root root 33424 Sep 3 02:43 adf7242.ko<br>
> > -rwxr--r--. 1 root root 49688 Sep 3 02:43 at86rf230.ko<br>
> > -rwxr--r--. 1 root root 35792 Sep 3 02:43 atusb.ko<br>
> > -rwxr--r--. 1 root root 45256 Sep 3 02:43 ca8210.ko<br>
> > -rwxr--r--. 1 root root 29528 Sep 3 02:43 cc2520.ko<br>
> > -rwxr--r--. 1 root root 13784 Sep 3 02:43 fakelb.ko<br>
> > -rwxr--r--. 1 root root 43288 Sep 3 02:43 mcr20a.ko<br>
> > -rwxr--r--. 1 root root 32560 Sep 3 02:43 mrf24j40.ko<br>
> > [root@kernel7 ieee802154]#<br>
> ><br>
> > 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.<br>
> ><br>
> > On el8 the modinfo similarly cannot find the module and the ieee802154 directory is empty:<br>
> ><br>
> > [root@kernel8 ieee802154]# pwd<br>
> > /usr/lib/modules/5.8.6-1.el8.elrepo.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ieee802154<br>
> > [root@kernel8 ieee802154]# ls -l<br>
> > total 0<br>
> > [root@kernel8 ieee802154]#<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > Cheers,<br>
> > Tamas<br>
><br>
> Hi Tamas,<br>
><br>
> Thank you for letting me know. I shall now go and take a closer look<br>
> at both configuration files . . . with the aim of making an<br>
> appropriate adjustment.<br>
><br>
> Regards,<br>
> Alan.<br>
<br>
Just a quick note:<br>
<br>
Both kernel-ml package sets (el7 and el8) have been rebuilt with the<br>
configuration option CONFIG_IEEE802154_HWSIM=m set. The rebuilt<br>
package sets will appear on our mirror sites, as a -2 release, in the<br>
next hour (or so).<br>
<br>
Alan.<br>
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