[Bug 2681] akmods for EL6

https://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2681 Ken Dreyer <ktdreyer(a)ktdreyer.com&gt; changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |ktdreyer(a)ktdreyer.com --- Comment #2 from Ken Dreyer <ktdreyer(a)ktdreyer.com&gt; 2013-11-01 07:39:47 CET --- I think akmods should be available for EL6, but I also think we should just ship kernel modules for EL6... and I personally hope that we could one day combine our work with the ELRepo folks. every time Red Hat releases a new RHEL kernel. When I last spoke with him about this in the #rpmfusion IRC channel, he wanted someone else would step up and take responsibility for bumping and rebuilding the EL branches. Keeping up with Fedora is a chore, and without Fedora's open and transparent Koji/Bodhi process, I imagine that keeping up with RHEL kernel version bumps would be even more of a challenge. On the subject of Red Hat's kABI, I recently found out that in order to be completely safe with kABI, your kernel module can only use a limited set of symbols that are explicitly covered under Red Hat's kABI agreement. If your kernel uses symbols that are not on Red Hat's list, there's a chance that the kmod will still work, but the reality is that all bets are off, and the safest course is to rebuild for every single RHEL kernel release. (If you're a vendor and you want to influence Red Hat's list, you need to become a Red Hat Partner and submit a list of the symbols that you need to be in the kABI agreement.) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.