On Thu, 3 Sep 2020 at 15:09, Alan Bartlett <a...@elrepo.org> wrote: > > On Thu, 3 Sep 2020 at 15:06, Tamas Csirszka <tamas.csirs...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi Alan, > > > > Thanks for the info. I quickly tested this with the below results. > > I installed the kernel you suggested on el7 first: > > > > [root@kernel7 ~]# uname -a > > 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 > > [root@kernel7 ~]# > > > > But the module doesn't seem to be available: > > > > [root@kernel7 ~]# modinfo mac802154_hwsim > > modinfo: ERROR: Module mac802154_hwsim not found. > > [root@kernel7 ~]# > > > > Checked the modules dir as well and can't see it there: > > > > [root@kernel7 ieee802154]# pwd > > /usr/lib/modules/5.8.6-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ieee802154 > > [root@kernel7 ieee802154]# ls -l > > total 296 > > -rwxr--r--. 1 root root 33424 Sep 3 02:43 adf7242.ko > > -rwxr--r--. 1 root root 49688 Sep 3 02:43 at86rf230.ko > > -rwxr--r--. 1 root root 35792 Sep 3 02:43 atusb.ko > > -rwxr--r--. 1 root root 45256 Sep 3 02:43 ca8210.ko > > -rwxr--r--. 1 root root 29528 Sep 3 02:43 cc2520.ko > > -rwxr--r--. 1 root root 13784 Sep 3 02:43 fakelb.ko > > -rwxr--r--. 1 root root 43288 Sep 3 02:43 mcr20a.ko > > -rwxr--r--. 1 root root 32560 Sep 3 02:43 mrf24j40.ko > > [root@kernel7 ieee802154]# > > > > 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. > > > > On el8 the modinfo similarly cannot find the module and the ieee802154 > > directory is empty: > > > > [root@kernel8 ieee802154]# pwd > > /usr/lib/modules/5.8.6-1.el8.elrepo.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ieee802154 > > [root@kernel8 ieee802154]# ls -l > > total 0 > > [root@kernel8 ieee802154]# > > > > > > Cheers, > > Tamas > > Hi Tamas, > > Thank you for letting me know. I shall now go and take a closer look > at both configuration files . . . with the aim of making an > appropriate adjustment. > > Regards, > Alan.
Just a quick note: Both kernel-ml package sets (el7 and el8) have been rebuilt with the configuration option CONFIG_IEEE802154_HWSIM=m set. The rebuilt package sets will appear on our mirror sites, as a -2 release, in the next hour (or so). Alan. _______________________________________________ elrepo mailing list elrepo@lists.elrepo.org http://lists.elrepo.org/mailman/listinfo/elrepo
