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

Hello,

Is it possible to add the mac802154_hwsim module to CentOS Linux
(3.10.0-1127.18.2.el7.x86_64) 7 (Core), so that its part of the OS?

Thanks
Dan

On Thu, Sep 10, 2020, 11:08 PM Dedoep <stompnoe at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Is it possible to add the mac802154_hwsim module to CentOS Linux
> (3.10.0-1127.18.2.el7.x86_64) 7 (Core), so that its part of the OS?

If that module is not part of red hat Enterprise 7 then it will never be
part of CentOS.
>
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.
>

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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