[ATrpms-users] kmdls for ipw3945 w/ 2952-cubbi-suspend2 kernel in atrpms-testing?

[Kevin J. Cummings]

Hi folks,
	I've been using ATRPMs for a couple of years now, but this is the first
time I'm using this email list.  (Love the MythTV and IVTV RPMs!)

	I have a couple of questions concerning expectations of kernel module
rebuilds of packages in atrpms-testing, ipw3945 to be specific.

	My "FC6" laptop came with a cubbi-suspend2 kernel installed, and atrpms
builds certain kernel modules for these kernels.  In addition, it has
Intel 3945abg wireless.  I was using the packages in atrpms-stable, but
there is a bug in ipw3945-1.2.0-18.3.fc6 which can trigger a kernel oops
which takes out the wireless (requires a reboot to fix it).  I search
around and discovered that that bug is fixed in ipw3945-1.2.1 of which
there is a version in atrpms-testing (ipw3945-1.2.1-19.fc6 and then
ipw3945-1.2.1-20.fc6).  So, I installed the latest version in
atrpms-testing.  Much better, many fewer problems with my wireless
connections!  (Not perfect, just easier to get connections now!)  At the
time I think I had just updated to the 2948 kernels, and I was able to
find all the kmdls I needed.

	The 2.6.20-1.2952 kernel was announced on May 30, 2007, followed up by
the 2952 cubbi-suspend2 kernel on June 1, 2007, and a number of packages
were soon available in atrpms-stable.  I noticed that a number of of
ipw3945 kmdls also appeared in atrpms-testing, but none were for the
cubbi-suspend2 kernel.  11 days later (and a major release of F7 and a
couple of other kernel updates as well), still no cubbi-suspend2 kernel
modules for ipw3945.

	So, I thought I'd ask.  What are the usual expectations for waiting for
kmdls after a new kernel is released?  And yes, I understand that Axel
is probably swamped with all of the software updates flying by right
now.  (I have a similar problem with my laptop provider not providing a
kmod-fglrx for the 2952-cubbi-suspend2 kernel, but I was able to build
that one from Livna's .src.rpm myself).  So, if I had an
ipw3945-1.2.1-20 kmdl, I could move from 2948 to 2952 on my next reboot....

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Kevin J. Cummings
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cummings at kjc386.framingham.ma.us
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