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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 0001304 | channel: elrepo/el8 | kmod-mptsas | public | 2023-01-02 14:41 | 2023-01-14 17:51 |
| Reporter | MheAd | Assigned To | pperry | ||
| Priority | normal | Severity | minor | Reproducibility | have not tried |
| Status | resolved | Resolution | fixed | ||
| Summary | 0001304: please update kmod-mptsas for EL 8.7 | ||||
| Description | Is there kmod-mptsas for el8.7 release available? In repos the latest available is still kmod-mptsas-3.04.20-7.el8_6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm . Or does that imply that it should work with 8.7 kernels? At current stage I'm not able to check / reproduce success (or failure) in my environment (few production Rocky 8.6 hosts that currently are not scheduled for any update - but it will happen eventually) so it would be nice to have some heads-up / confirmation that 8.6 version is supposed to work / optionally that 8.7 version is on its way. Thanks in advance. | ||||
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Hi, The packages we build rely on the stable kABI in the RHEL (and Rocky) kernels, so kmod packages _should_ work with all kernels as long as Red Hat does not change the ABI of any kernel interfaces that the driver uses. In practice, this means that sometimes things break, and a driver must be rebuilt against, and for use with, a newer kernel. We signify this in the release tag - e.g, el8_6.elrepo indicates this driver required a rebuild against and for use with the el8.6 kernel. As an aside, the later we progress into the development cycle, the less things tend to break (e.g, things break much more commonly in 8.1, 8.2 ... than they do once we reach the back end of the cycle in 8.6, 8.7...) As best we can tell with our limited testing, the package should still work with later el8.7 kernels (or rather our tests cannot detect that anything broke), but we do not have physical hardware to test with, so would rely on reports from users to tell us if/when stuff is not working as expected. So, for now, the expectation is that the el8_6 package should continue to work when you upgrade to the el8.7 kernel. If it doesn't, it should be immediately apparent to you and you can file a bug report confirming it's not working, and we should be able to get a fix out within 24h. In the meantime, you can simply reboot to the last working kernel to restore functionality whilst you wait for us to provide the fix. Hope that helps explain the process. |
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Due to an unrelated issue, updated kmod-mptsas packages for el8 have been built and released today. Marking this request as resolved. |
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-01-02 14:41 | MheAd | New Issue | |
| 2023-01-02 14:41 | MheAd | Status | new => assigned |
| 2023-01-02 14:41 | MheAd | Assigned To | => pperry |
| 2023-01-02 15:12 | pperry | Note Added: 0008882 | |
| 2023-01-14 17:50 | pperry | Note Added: 0008917 | |
| 2023-01-14 17:51 | pperry | Status | assigned => resolved |
| 2023-01-14 17:51 | pperry | Resolution | open => fixed |
