CentOS - Sep 2020 - A Request to Add module to CentOS Linux (3.10.0-1127.18.2.el7.x86_64) 7 (Core)

On Thu, 10 Sep 2020 23:27:14 -0700
John Pierce wrote:
> I googled the module name, it appears to be something new from kernel 5.x
> ?   Backporting that to 3.10 is likely a massive job.
According to this webpage: https://mininet-wifi.github.io/sixlowpan/

"6LoWPAN is supported by Mininet-WiFi thanks to the fakelb and
mac802154_hwsim module. Both modules have been developed to support 6lowpan, but
mac802154_hwsim (which is supported from Linux Kernel version 4.18) is gradually
replacing fakelb."

Since Centos 8 is on Kernel 4.18, maybe it's already native there.

Doesn't help the chap with Centos 7 though.


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MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Real D 3D Digital Cinema ~ www.melvilletheatre.com

Hello John & Frank,

We have tried both Centos8 and
installing kernel-ml-5.8.6-2.el7.elrepo.x86_64.rpm but both options are too
"bleeding" edge for our other middleware that still require the Centos
7 3.10.0-1127.18.2.el7.x86_64. Hence the request.

Thanks

On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 4:45 PM Frank Cox <theatre at sasktel.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Sep 2020 23:27:14 -0700
> John Pierce wrote:
>
> > I googled the module name, it appears to be something new from kernel
5.x
> > ?   Backporting that to 3.10 is likely a massive job.
>
> According to this webpage: https://mininet-wifi.github.io/sixlowpan/
>
> "6LoWPAN is supported by Mininet-WiFi thanks to the fakelb and
> mac802154_hwsim module. Both modules have been developed to support
> 6lowpan, but mac802154_hwsim (which is supported from Linux Kernel version
> 4.18) is gradually replacing fakelb."
>
> Since Centos 8 is on Kernel 4.18, maybe it's already native there.
>
> Doesn't help the chap with Centos 7 though.
>
>
> --
> Can we uninstall 2020 and install it again? This one has a virus.
> MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Real D 3D Digital Cinema ~ www.melvilletheatre.com
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On 11/09/2020 07:59, Dedoep wrote:
> Hello John & Frank,
> 
> We have tried both Centos8 and
> installing kernel-ml-5.8.6-2.el7.elrepo.x86_64.rpm but both options are too
> "bleeding" edge for our other middleware that still require the
Centos
> 7 3.10.0-1127.18.2.el7.x86_64. Hence the request.
> 
> Thanks
> 
I have tried backporting the module to el7 for you as requested at 
elrepo, but it is not trivial and so far I've not been able to get the 
code to compile cleanly. I'll see if I can have another look at it this 
weekend, but I'm not overly hopeful given the age of the el7 kernel.

As others have said, it's never going to appear in the CentOS kernel as 
it's not present in upstream in RHEL7.

Regards,

Phil