# Some elrepo kmod packages will no longer be available for RHEL 8.10 and 9.4 **URL:** \ **Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\ **Created:** [April 29, 2024, 4:22pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/some-elrepo-kmod-packages-will-no-longer-be-available-for-rhel-8-10-and-9-4/13798 "2024-04-29T16:22:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![toracat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/toracat/32/68_2.png) [@toracat](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/toracat)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 4:22pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/some-elrepo-kmod-packages-will-no-longer-be-available-for-rhel-8-10-and-9-4/13798/1 "2024-04-29T16:22:21Z")
For details, please read this announcement; > **[Some elrepo kmod packages will no longer be available for RHEL 8.10 and 9.4](https://elrepoproject.blogspot.com/2024/04/some-elrepo-kmod-packages-will-no.html)** > > Red Hat are due to release RHEL point release updates 8.10 and 9.4 shortly. Red Hat have made changes to the way they handle device driver... In essence, Because of the way Red Hat have implemented changes in the 8.10 and 9.4 releases, the ELRepo Project will no longer be able to re-enable device IDs in our kmod packages for devices that have been disabled in the RHEL kernel. Affected kmod packages are: kmod-aacraid kmod-megaraid\_sas kmod-mlx4 kmod-mpt3sas kmod-qla2xxx ---
**Author:** ![Ritov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Ritov](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/Ritov)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 4:56pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/some-elrepo-kmod-packages-will-no-longer-be-available-for-rhel-8-10-and-9-4/13798/2 "2024-04-29T16:56:18Z")
Is the weak-modules script still usable? We build here local kmods based on some spec files from elrepo and wonder about the upcoming release?! ---
**Author:** ![toracat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/toracat/32/68_2.png) [@toracat](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/toracat)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 5:12pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/some-elrepo-kmod-packages-will-no-longer-be-available-for-rhel-8-10-and-9-4/13798/3 "2024-04-29T17:12:29Z")
Look at the file attached in [0001440: Build kmods for RHEL 8.10 - ELRepo Bugs](https://elrepo.org/bugs/view.php?id=1440#c9675) . If your device is listed under “rh\_deprecated\_pci\_devices”, you are out of luck. Those drivers will not load unless you modify the kernel source code. [Edit] Not deprecated but **disabled**. That is, “rh\_disabled\_pci\_devices”. ---
**Author:** ![neil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/neil/32/34_2.png) [@neil](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/neil)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 5:33pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/some-elrepo-kmod-packages-will-no-longer-be-available-for-rhel-8-10-and-9-4/13798/4 "2024-04-29T17:33:56Z")
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**Author:** ![iwalker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/iwalker/32/2599_2.png) [@iwalker](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/iwalker)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 5:51pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/some-elrepo-kmod-packages-will-no-longer-be-available-for-rhel-8-10-and-9-4/13798/5 "2024-04-29T17:51:37Z")
The good thing is, kernel-ml or kernel-lt can be used which work as mentioned in your link which is a quick and simple fix. I guess the RHEL commit could be reverted to re-enable what was disabled (which seems to have been done elsewhere) or make a Rocky equivalent kernel in addition to the default RH patched kernel as a choice for those who do want those modules. Something for the team to think about and see what options people would like to see as a viable option. ---
**Author:** ![toracat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/toracat/32/68_2.png) [@toracat](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/toracat)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 6:39pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/some-elrepo-kmod-packages-will-no-longer-be-available-for-rhel-8-10-and-9-4/13798/6 "2024-04-29T18:39:52Z")
> [@iwalker](#): > > make a Rocky equivalent kernel in addition to the default RH patched kernel Indeed, I know Rocky builds mainline and lts kernels. Neil, are you planning to provide them sometime soon? ---
**Author:** ![jlehtone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9a140/32.png) [@jlehtone](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/jlehtone)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 6:52pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/some-elrepo-kmod-packages-will-no-longer-be-available-for-rhel-8-10-and-9-4/13798/7 "2024-04-29T18:52:05Z")
If “everybody” except RH works around the issue, then RHEL becomes the only distro where disabled means _disabled_? ---
**Author:** ![rfs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a87d85/32.png) [@rfs](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/rfs)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 12:42pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/some-elrepo-kmod-packages-will-no-longer-be-available-for-rhel-8-10-and-9-4/13798/8 "2024-04-30T12:42:26Z")
If my device is listed as unmaintained rather than disabled, but uses the same elrepo kmod package as something that is listed as disabled, will it still work or not ? (The package in question is kmod-megaraid\_sas and device id 1000:0073) Thanks, Roger. ---
**Author:** ![toracat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/toracat/32/68_2.png) [@toracat](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/toracat)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/some-elrepo-kmod-packages-will-no-longer-be-available-for-rhel-8-10-and-9-4/13798/9 "2024-05-01T18:41:03Z")
Peter Georg (maintainer of the CentOS kmods SIG) pointed out that the changes made in RHEL 9.4 would only apply to **in-kernel** modules. Therefore **external** kernel modules provided by kmods are not affected. ---
**Author:** ![neufeind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@neufeind](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/neufeind)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 10:54am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/some-elrepo-kmod-packages-will-no-longer-be-available-for-rhel-8-10-and-9-4/13798/10 "2024-05-02T10:54:52Z")
The original posting was updated yesterday (5/1/2024) to include a remark that only in-kernel modules are affected. I understand it so that ELrepo-builds for separate kmods might still be possible/available. ---
**Author:** ![iwalker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/iwalker/32/2599_2.png) [@iwalker](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/iwalker)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 10:58am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/some-elrepo-kmod-packages-will-no-longer-be-available-for-rhel-8-10-and-9-4/13798/11 "2024-05-02T10:58:16Z")
> [@neufeind](#): > > I understand it so that ELrepo-builds for separate kmods might still be possible/available. That’s what it looks like yes, they should still work. ---
**Author:** ![neil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/neil/32/34_2.png) [@neil](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/neil)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 1:54pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/some-elrepo-kmod-packages-will-no-longer-be-available-for-rhel-8-10-and-9-4/13798/12 "2024-05-03T13:54:22Z")
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**Author:** ![toracat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/toracat/32/68_2.png) [@toracat](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/toracat)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 10:49pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/some-elrepo-kmod-packages-will-no-longer-be-available-for-rhel-8-10-and-9-4/13798/13 "2024-05-03T22:49:59Z")
All kmod packages have been rebuilt for EL 9.4 and are currently available from the elrepo-testing repository. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/rockylinux/original/1X/91b7219eec10e30013422e4df76c1d898711a5d5.svg) [@system](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2024, 10:50pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/some-elrepo-kmod-packages-will-no-longer-be-available-for-rhel-8-10-and-9-4/13798/14 "2024-07-02T22:50:06Z")
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