Description of problem: yum offers a kernel update, but kmod-em8300 isn't available for that kernel Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): em8300-0.16.3-1.fc7 kmod-em8300-0.16.3-4.2.6.23.8_34.fc7 kernel-2.6.23.8-34.fc7 but yum offers kernel.x86_64 2.6.23.12-52.fc7 updates kernel-devel.x86_64 2.6.23.12-52.fc7 updates kernel-doc.noarch 2.6.23.12-52.fc7 updates kernel-headers.x86_64 2.6.23.12-52.fc7 updates How reproducible: fairly often, but this one has been lagging for quite a few days Steps to Reproduce: 1. install kmod-em8300 2. wait 3. yum check-update Actual results: kmod-em8300 doesn't appear straight away. Expected results: kmod-em8300 matching the kernel should automatically be built and appear in the repo as soon as a new kernel appears. Additional info:
That's right, such an infrastructure does not exist. It is also pretty much certain that it will not be implemented in Fedora either because external kernel module packages are banned from F-9 onwards: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DavidWoodhouse/KmodProposal (accepted by FESCO) I hope that the em8300 modules will be submitted for inclusion in vanilla kernel.org kernels before too long - that way they'd soon be a part of the actual kernel packages too, making this issue moot. It is possible that they will be included as a patch in the Fedora kernel packages slightly before that, but cannot promise anything as it's not really my call. For F-9+, if the em8300 modules aren't yet included in Fedora kernel packages, they'll be available from Livna/RPMFusion, but it's likely that that way the issue at hand would continue to exist.
By the way, kmod-em8300 for the latest F-7 update kernel has been already built last Thursday, it's just waiting for the repository managers to sign and push them as updates. Meanwhile, you can grab them at http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=29895