Re: wl kernel module
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-ve...
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,
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NVieville