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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 0000846 | channel: elrepo/el7 | kmod-e1000e | public | 2018-05-02 09:22 | 2018-05-03 12:31 |
| Reporter | stodola | Assigned To | pperry | ||
| Priority | normal | Severity | minor | Reproducibility | always |
| Status | resolved | Resolution | fixed | ||
| Summary | 0000846: Failed dependency with kernel 3.10.0-862 | ||||
| Description | My repo verification is failing on kmod-e1000e-3.3.5.10-1.el7_4.elrepo.x86_64 against kernel 3.10.0-862. Hoping a recompile will take care of it. Also, there is a newer e1000e upstream if anyone cares. | ||||
| Additional Information | package: kmod-e1000e-3.3.5.10-1.el7_4.elrepo.x86_64 from build unresolved deps: kernel(timecounter_read) = 0:0xc542933a kernel(timecounter_init) = 0:0x99840d00 kernel(timecounter_cyc2time) = 0:0xa8b76a68 kernel(napi_complete_done) = 0:0x905307be | ||||
| Tags | No tags attached. | ||||
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Yes, kmod-e1000e will need rebuilding against the el7.5 kernel. However, I was looking at the e1000e driver last week, and even though the version number of this kmod driver is newer, the native kernel driver is actually more recent and has support for a greater number of devices. Consequently, we were considering deprecating the elrepo kmod driver in favour of using the kernel driver, unless anyone has a reason for us to continue offering kmod-e1000e. Have you tried the distro driver? I've been using it with an Intel I219-V device for the last year and it's been very stable for me. So, is there a compelling reason for us to continue to offer kmod-e1000e over and above using the kernel driver? |
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I have been using the kmod-e1000e due to past experiences, mostly with EL5 not keeping up with chipset support. When we moved to EL7, I instinctively continued to use the ELrepo package. If the native distro driver is doing the job, I don't see a reason to continue offering the package. Out of curiosity, why was the kmod-e1000e offered by ELrepo for EL7 to begin with? Just a continuation from previous point releases (4,5,6)? I will re-test my hardware using the distro driver and report back. |
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Because the version number of our kmod (3.3.5) was newer than the in-kernel one (3.2.6-k), we thought it was worthwhile to offer that version. It is only recent that we realized that the in-kernel driver was actually "newer". |
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I have just tested and everything is working well with the distro driver. I see no reason to continue the kmod-e1000e here at this time. |
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Thanks. Closing this bug. I will remove kmod-e1000e from the repository (it will still be available in the archive if required). |
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
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| 2018-05-02 09:22 | stodola | New Issue | |
| 2018-05-02 09:22 | stodola | Status | new => assigned |
| 2018-05-02 09:22 | stodola | Assigned To | => toracat |
| 2018-05-02 11:19 | pperry | Note Added: 0005809 | |
| 2018-05-02 11:20 | pperry | Assigned To | toracat => pperry |
| 2018-05-02 15:17 | stodola | Note Added: 0005820 | |
| 2018-05-02 17:07 | toracat | Note Added: 0005821 | |
| 2018-05-03 10:03 | stodola | Note Added: 0005822 | |
| 2018-05-03 12:31 | pperry | Note Added: 0005826 | |
| 2018-05-03 12:31 | pperry | Status | assigned => resolved |
| 2018-05-03 12:31 | pperry | Resolution | open => fixed |
