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Hi Morgan,<div><br></div><div>Here is the Red Hat docs explaining what they mean by “unmaintained”. </div><div><a href="https://access.redhat.com/solutions/6663421" target="_blank" class="enhancr2_584ACC17-1A6E-4A10-88FF-D256606848BF">What does it mean when hardware is classified as unmaintained in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6+, 9.0 and newer? - Red Hat Customer Portal</a> </div><div><br><div><br></div><div id="enhancr2_584ACC17-1A6E-4A10-88FF-D256606848BF" class="yahoo-link-enhancr-card yahoo-link-enhancr-cardSize-medium yahoo-link-enhancr-cardType-yenhancr yahoo-link-enhancr-cardCategory-article ymail-preserve-class ymail-preserve-style" style="max-width:400px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" contenteditable="false" data-url="https://access.redhat.com/solutions/6663421" data-type="LINK_ENHANCR_ATTACHMENT_TYPE_INLINE" data-category="article" data-embed-url="" data-size="medium"> <a href="https://access.redhat.com/solutions/6663421" style="text-decoration:none !important; color: #000 !important;" class="yahoo-enhancr-cardlink" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"> <table class="card-wrapper yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="max-width: 400px;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="400"> <table class="card yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" style="max-width: 400px;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="card-primary-image-cell" style="background:#000 url('https://s.yimg.com/lo/api/res/1.2/vxBKvP6po8XIu1oShb1Sug--/Zmk9ZmlsbDt3PTQwMDtoPTIwMDthcHBpZD1pZXh0cmFjdA--/https://access.redhat.com/webassets/avalon/g/shadowman-200.png.cf.jpg') no-repeat center center;background-size:cover;height:200px;position:relative;" background="https://s.yimg.com/lo/api/res/1.2/vxBKvP6po8XIu1oShb1Sug--/Zmk9ZmlsbDt3PTQwMDtoPTIwMDthcHBpZD1pZXh0cmFjdA--/https://access.redhat.com/webassets/avalon/g/shadowman-200.png.cf.jpg" bgcolor="#000000" valign="top"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><v:rect fill="true" stroke="false" style="width:400px;height:218px;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;"><v:fill type="frame" color="#000000" src="https://s.yimg.com/lo/api/res/1.2/vxBKvP6po8XIu1oShb1Sug--/Zmk9ZmlsbDt3PTQwMDtoPTIwMDthcHBpZD1pZXh0cmFjdA--/https://access.redhat.com/webassets/avalon/g/shadowman-200.png.cf.jpg"/></v:rect><![endif]--> <table class="yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" valign="top" style="width: 100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background:transparent url('https://s.yimg.com/nq/storm/assets/enhancrV2/12/overlay-tile.png') repeat left top;height:200px;" background="https://s.yimg.com/nq/storm/assets/enhancrV2/12/overlay-tile.png" bgcolor="transparent" valign="top"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><v:rect fill="true" stroke="false" style="width:400px;height:218px;position:absolute;top:-18px;left:0;"><v:fill type="pattern" color="#000000" src="https://s.yimg.com/nq/storm/assets/enhancrV2/12/overlay-tile.png"/><v:textbox inset="0,0,20px,0"><![endif]--> <table class="yahoo-ignore-table" height="185" style="width: 100%; height: 185px; min-height: 185px;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="card-richInfo2" style="text-align:left;text-align:left;padding:15px 0 0 15px;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td class="card-actions" style="text-align:right;padding:15px 15px 0 0;vertical-align:top;"> <div class="card-share-container"></div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!--[if gte mso 9]></v:textbox></v:rect><![endif]--> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <table class="card-info yahoo-ignore-table" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: relative; z-index: 2; width: 95%; max-width: 380px; border-width: 1px 1px 3px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(224, 228, 233) rgb(224, 228, 233) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: none; margin-top: -40px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:16px 0 16px 12px;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:middle;padding:16px 12px;width:99%;"> <h2 class="card-title" style="font-size: 16px; line-height:19px; margin:0 0 4px 0;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">What does it mean when hardware is classified as unmaintained in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6+, 9.0 and newer? - Red Hat Customer Portal</h2> <p class="card-description" style="font-size:11px;line-height:15px;color:#999;">I recently noticed a classification of hardware in the Considerations in Adopting RHEL 9 guide called unmaintained. What does this classification mean for me in terms of hardware enablement and technical support? After installing 8.6 I get the follow</p> </td> <td style="text-align:right;padding:16px 12px 16px 0;"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </a> <button class="more" contenteditable="false" data-guid="enhancr2_584ACC17-1A6E-4A10-88FF-D256606848BF" data-action="moreMenuInlineAttachment" name="showInlineImageMenu" aria-label="More Menu"></button></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Our ELRepo kmod drivers exist to: </div><div>- restore support for drivers with disabled device ID’s</div><div>- add support for disabled drivers</div><div>- add an out-of-kernel OEM driver (ex: Realtek)</div><div><br></div><div>Most kmods are just rebuilds from the RHEL kernel source and others are backported from upstream kernels. We <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">also</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"> look to backport upstream fixes based upon end-user feedback. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">In essence we try to </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">provide some level of support to our end-users. </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Please note that this is a volunteer project, but we do spend numerous hours to maintain everything. </span></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Tuan</div><div><br><br><div class="yahoo-signature" style=""><a style="font-size:12px" href="https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_Internal_EmailSignature&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=Global_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100000604&af_sub5=EmailSignature__Static_&af_ios_store_cpp=9d3a686e-218d-4849-8298-b480188dc8ac&af_android_url=https%3A%2F%2Fplay.google.com%2Fstore%2Fapps%2Fdetails%3Fid%3Dcom.yahoo.mobile.client.android.mail%26listing%3Demail_signature">Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone</a><br></div><br><p class="yahoo-quoted-begin" style="font-size: 15px; color: rgb(132, 115, 255); padding-top: 15px; margin-top: 0px;">On Thursday, June 12, 2025, 1:15 PM, Morgan Read via elrepo <elrepo@lists.elrepo.org> wrote:</p><blockquote class="iosymail" style=""><div dir="ltr">Hi List,<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I've been getting these:<br></div><div dir="ltr">`Warning: Unmaintained driver is detected: hpsa`<br></div><div dir="ltr"> From rhel9 for some time now - since rhel9 - and just noticed kmod-hspa <br></div><div dir="ltr">in elrepo. So, there is still a driver from rhel, but it's 'unmaintained'.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Is the elrepo kmod-hspa 'maintained' and is it safe to install over the <br></div><div dir="ltr">top of the rhel in-kernel module?<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Thanks<br></div><div dir="ltr">-- <br></div><div dir="ltr">Morgan Read<br></div><div dir="ltr">Grande Bretagne<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div>_______________________________________________<br>elrepo mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:elrepo@lists.elrepo.org" href="mailto:elrepo@lists.elrepo.org">elrepo@lists.elrepo.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.elrepo.org/mailman/listinfo/elrepo" target="_blank">http://lists.elrepo.org/mailman/listinfo/elrepo</a><br><blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></div>
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