Adding modules to Fedora's kernel package

[Josh Boyer]

On Mon, 2007-01-29 at 15:02 -0700, Topher Fischer wrote:
> Dave Jones wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 02:45:38PM -0700, Topher Fischer wrote:
> >  > Is there a standard process for getting things added to Fedora's kernel
> >  > package.  In particular, I'm interested in the hdaps modules (IBM's Hard
> >  > Drive Active Protection System).  I believe it has been in the stable
> >  > kernel since 2.6.14.
> >  > 
> >  > Or, am I just thinking about this wrong.  Do uncommon modules not go in
> >  > the kernel package?  Do they usually get packaged separately?
> >
> > It's been in the Fedora kernel since it got merged upstream.
> >
> > $ modinfo hdaps
> > filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.19-1.2895.fc6debug/kernel/drivers/hwmon/hdaps.ko
> > license:        GPL v2
> > description:    IBM Hard Drive Active Protection System (HDAPS) driver
> > author:         Robert Love
> > srcversion:     1C5A2654C3D15545ECF46D0
> > depends:        
> > vermagic:       2.6.19-1.2895.fc6debug SMP mod_unload 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS 
> > parm:           invert:invert data along each axis (bool)
> >
> >
> > 		Dave
> >   
> I checked a couple fc5 machines that I have access to, and it's in their
> kernel packages, but I don't see it in either 2.6.18-1.2869.fc6 or
> 2.6.19-1.2895.fc6.  Is there anybody that can verify this?

You mean aside from the output which Dave provided and you quoted?
Sure...

 sudo /sbin/modinfo hdaps
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.19-1.2895.fc6xen/kernel/drivers/hwmon/hdaps.ko
license:        GPL v2
description:    IBM Hard Drive Active Protection System (HDAPS) driver
author:         Robert Love
srcversion:     1C5A2654C3D15545ECF46D0
depends:        
vermagic:       2.6.19-1.2895.fc6xen SMP mod_unload 686 REGPARM
4KSTACKS 
parm:           invert:invert data along each axis (bool)

josh