On 10/08/2014 11:41 AM, Karanbir Singh wrote: > On 10/08/2014 07:43 AM, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote: >> On Tue, Oct 07, 2014 at 02:47:12PM -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote: >>> On 10/07/2014 12:05 PM, George Dunlap wrote: >>>> KB and I were looking at repositories to import into git.centos.org >>>> recently, and we found the e1000e package -- a rebuild of the Intel >>>> e1000 driver for the x4c kernel. >>>> >>>> Does anyone know if this externally-build module is still necesssary >>>> for Linux 3.10? Or for Linux 3.14, which we're planning on moving to >>>> at some point in the near future? >>> >>> It is required for some e1000e devices .. I started building it because >>> several new Dell machines did not work with the driver in 3.4.x or >>> 3.10.x kernels. >>> >>> Not sure why, but there were issues and this solved them, so I would say >>> it is required. >>> >>> There is also in kernel mods to get newer bn* drivers as well that is >>> patched into the 3.10.x kernel as patches. >>> >> >> Yeah it sucks a bit that the drivers aren't really up-to-date in the latest upstream kernels, or the LTS kernels :( >> >> Basing the x4c kernel on the el7 kernel would give all those driver updates and maintenance "for free", >> but the maintenance cost would be elsewhere, obviously.. >> >> I guess the x4c 3.14 kernel just needs to deal with certain amount of driver updates to keep the most common hardware working.. >> > > > are we willing to / able to - patch this into the kernel ? > > If I was smart enough to patch that driver into the kernel it would already be there :) (I did patch in new drivers for bn*)
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