Hello, > I trying to find the most robust way to use wl kernel module. > Initially I installed the wl-kmod package but this didn't seem to cause > the package with the actual module to be installed > (kmod-wl-3.19.3-200.fc21.x86_64.x86_64). The description of the kmod-wl > indicates it should require the package for the latest package but I do > not see this: > $ rpm -qR kmod-wl > akmod-wl = 6.30.223.248-7.1.fc21 > rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1 > rpmlib(FileDigests) <= 4.6.0-1 > rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1 > rpmlib(PayloadIsXz) <= 5.2-1
Sometimes, there is a delay between the release of the last kernel update provided by fedora and the release of the corresponding kmods provided by rpmfusion. > Manually installing the package works but I guess will not survive a > kernel upgrade. > > Next I looked at akmods-wl. yum install akmods-wl does not seem to > trigger a module build. Then I tried: > $ sudo akmods --akmod wl > Checking kmods exist for 3.19.3-200.fc21.x86_64 [ OK ] > Files needed for building modules against kernel > 3.19.3-200.fc21.x86_64 could not be found as the following > directories are missing: > /usr/src/kernels/3.19.3-200.fc21.x86_64/ > /usr/lib/modules/3.19.3-200.fc21.x86_64/build/Is the > correc[FAILED]-devel package installed? > > So no kernel-devel package installed. The akmods package appears depend > on kernel-devel-uname-r but kernel-devel wasn't installed on my system. > Now I've manually installed it and the command above works. Lets see > what happens on next kernel upgrade. This should work fine once kernel-devel package installed. > Could someone advise whether the above some like bugs or whether I'm > doing something wrong? If we refer to http://rpmfusion.org/Packaging/KernelModules/Kmods2#kmod-foo-.3Ckernel-version.3E_package kmodtool on witch akmods depends on should set the correct kernel-devel package as a requirement. But there seems that it's not working correctly for you. Maybe you should report the issue on the rpmfusion bugzilla. Cordially, -- NVieville
