Kernel 3.18.11 for ROSA 2012 2012.1 2014.1 OMV2013 2014 2015

[NicCo]

Kernel 3.18.11 for ROSA 2012 2012.1 2014.1 OMV2013 2014 2015

Kernel 3.18.11 for ROSA 2012lts, rosa2012.1, omv2013.0, omv2014.0, rosa2014.1 and cooker (omv2015.0)

Kernel 3.18 arrives ASAP in its complex nrj & nrjQL flavours, for ROSA and OpenMandriva Linux OSes!

This is the current version of "nrj / nrjQL" stable 3.18.x, in its full LTS ,
all features have been already added and completed, it should be a safe update...

Linux Kernel 3.18.9 Is Now an LTS (Long-Term Support) Release
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Linux-Ke ... 5556.shtml

Kernel 3.18.11 - https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kerne ... 18.10&dt=2


Our changelog

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%changelog

* Thu Apr 09 2015 Nicolo' Costanza <abitrules@yahoo.it> 3.18.11-1
+ update to 3.18.11 - this is the current LTS kernel version ;-) 
- readd TOI (we need to test a lot with different hardware and configs)
- small fixes and cleanups
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
- Kernel 3.18 for mdv 2010.2, 2011.0, cooker, rosa.lts2012.0, rosa2012.1
- MIB (Mandriva International Backports) - http://mib.pianetalinux.org/
- The rel (-1) (mainline serie), with official kernel sources and addons,
- the rel (-69) will be used for development and experimental flavours,
- instead (-70) is born by the -1 % -69 merge, can generate all flavours
- Yin & Yang (69) release - it's a very complete kernel flavour sets
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------

* Fri Mar 27 2015 Nicolo' Costanza <abitrules@yahoo.it> 3.18.10-1
+ update to 3.18.10 - this is the current LTS kernel version ;-) 
- add patch: fifo-nv04-remove-the-loop-from-the-interrupt-handler
- drop a patch that now is already in mainstream:
  0001-drm-radeon-dp-Set-EDP_CONFIGURATION_SET-for-bridge-c.patch
- fix few kernel keys hoping that now lxc-checkconfig may be happy
- fix BR: xmlto is now required only for docs build with a condition,
  to avoid a ton of requested rpms installation when docs is disable
- small fixes and cleanups
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
- Kernel 3.18 for mdv 2010.2, 2011.0, cooker, rosa.lts2012.0, rosa2012.1
- MIB (Mandriva International Backports) - http://mib.pianetalinux.org/
- The rel (-1) (mainline serie), with official kernel sources and addons,
- the rel (-69) will be used for development and experimental flavours,
- instead (-70) is born by the -1 % -69 merge, can generate all flavours
- Yin & Yang (69) release - it's a very complete kernel flavour sets
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------

* Fri Mar 20 2015 Nicolo' Costanza <abitrules@yahoo.it> 3.18.9-1
+ update to 3.18.9 - this is the first 3.18 LTS  version ;-) 
- disable Multiblock Queue I/O, revert to old disk I/O schedulers,
­- for that I've changed to > # CONFIG_SCSI_MQ_DEFAULT is not set
- add two pending patches for the bfs 460 scheduler:
- /patches-QL/bfs460-locked-pluggedio.patch
- /patches-QL/bfs460-smt-should-sched-not-is.patch
- small fixes and cleanups
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
- Kernel 3.18 for mdv 2010.2, 2011.0, cooker, rosa.lts2012.0, rosa2012.1
- MIB (Mandriva International Backports) - http://mib.pianetalinux.org/
- The rel (-1) (mainline serie), with official kernel sources and addons,
- the rel (-69) will be used for development and experimental flavours,
- instead (-70) is born by the -1 % -69 merge, can generate all flavours
- Yin & Yang (69) release - it's a very complete kernel flavour sets
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------

* Wed Mar 04 2015 Nicolo' Costanza <abitrules@yahoo.it> 3.18.8-1
+ update to 3.18.8 - stable 
- drop TOI: there are still issues with hybernation/resume in some HW,
- the four patches for TOI support have been moved to /archives
- add 0001-drm-radeon-dp-Set-EDP_CONFIGURATION_SET-for-bridge-c.patch
- a try to fix : https://issues.openmandriva.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1137
- small fixes and cleanups
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
- Kernel 3.18 for mdv 2010.2, 2011.0, cooker, rosa.lts2012.0, rosa2012.1
- MIB (Mandriva International Backports) - http://mib.pianetalinux.org/
- The rel (-1) (mainline serie), with official kernel sources and addons,
- the rel (-69) will be used for development and experimental flavours,
- instead (-70) is born by the -1 % -69 merge, can generate all flavours
- Yin & Yang (69) release - it's a very complete kernel flavour sets
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------

* Fri Feb 27 2015 Nicolo' Costanza <abitrules@yahoo.it> 3.18.7-1
+ update to 3.18.7 - stable 
- add support for the reiser4 fs with: reiser4-for-3.18.6.patch
- add TOI for 3.18 plus 3 fix patches: TOI is back!
- drop some patches patches that now are already in mainstream 
- fix a kconflicts for nvidia-long-lived when mdvver >= 201300
- small fixes and cleanups
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
- Kernel 3.18 for mdv 2010.2, 2011.0, cooker, rosa.lts2012.0, rosa2012.1
- MIB (Mandriva International Backports) - http://mib.pianetalinux.org/
- The rel (-1) (mainline serie), with official kernel sources and addons,
- the rel (-69) will be used for development and experimental flavours,
- instead (-70) is born by the -1 % -69 merge, can generate all flavours
- Yin & Yang (69) release - it's a very complete kernel flavour sets
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------

* Wed Feb 25 2015 Nicolo' Costanza <abitrules@yahoo.it> 3.18.6-1
+ update to 3.18.6 - stable 
- small fixes and cleanups
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
- Kernel 3.18 for mdv 2010.2, 2011.0, cooker, rosa.lts2012.0, rosa2012.1
- MIB (Mandriva International Backports) - http://mib.pianetalinux.org/
- The rel (-1) (mainline serie), with official kernel sources and addons,
- the rel (-69) will be used for development and experimental flavours,
- instead (-70) is born by the -1 % -69 merge, can generate all flavours
- Yin & Yang (69) release - it's a very complete kernel flavour sets
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------

* Mon Feb 02 2015 Nicolo' Costanza <abitrules@yahoo.it> 3.18.5-1
+ update to 3.18.5 - stable 
- drop some patches patches that now are already in mainstream 
- small fixes and cleanups
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
- Kernel 3.18 for mdv 2010.2, 2011.0, cooker, rosa.lts2012.0, rosa2012.1
- MIB (Mandriva International Backports) - http://mib.pianetalinux.org/
- The rel (-1) (mainline serie), with official kernel sources and addons,
- the rel (-69) will be used for development and experimental flavours,
- instead (-70) is born by the -1 % -69 merge, can generate all flavours
- Yin & Yang (69) release - it's a very complete kernel flavour sets
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------

* Sat Jan 31 2015 Nicolo' Costanza <abitrules@yahoo.it> 3.18.4-1
+ update to 3.18.4 - stable 
- add a new key > Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) (I40E_FCOE) [N/y/?] (NEW)
- currently its first setup value as disabled > # CONFIG_I40E_FCOE is not set
- drop some patches patches that now are already in mainstream 
- small fixes and cleanups
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
- Kernel 3.18 for mdv 2010.2, 2011.0, cooker, rosa.lts2012.0, rosa2012.1
- MIB (Mandriva International Backports) - http://mib.pianetalinux.org/
- The rel (-1) (mainline serie), with official kernel sources and addons,
- the rel (-69) will be used for development and experimental flavours,
- instead (-70) is born by the -1 % -69 merge, can generate all flavours
- Yin & Yang (69) release - it's a very complete kernel flavour sets
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------

* Tue Jan 27 2015 Nicolo' Costanza <abitrules@yahoo.it> 3.18.3-1
+ update to 3.18.3 - stable 
- drop # block fixes patches that now are already in mainstream 
- small fixes and cleanups
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
- Kernel 3.18 for mdv 2010.2, 2011.0, cooker, rosa.lts2012.0, rosa2012.1
- MIB (Mandriva International Backports) - http://mib.pianetalinux.org/
- The rel (-1) (mainline serie), with official kernel sources and addons,
- the rel (-69) will be used for development and experimental flavours,
- instead (-70) is born by the -1 % -69 merge, can generate all flavours
- Yin & Yang (69) release - it's a very complete kernel flavour sets
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------

* Fri Jan 23 2015 Nicolo' Costanza <abitrules@yahoo.it> 3.18.2-1
+ update to 3.18.2 - stable 
- add a patch to fix performance issue:
- x86-vdso-Use-asm-volatile-in-__getcpu.patch
- add a patch for iwlwifi:
- net-wireless-iwlwifi-mvm-fix-Rx-with-both-chains.patch
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
- Kernel 3.18 for mdv 2010.2, 2011.0, cooker, rosa.lts2012.0, rosa2012.1
- MIB (Mandriva International Backports) - http://mib.pianetalinux.org/
- The rel (-1) (mainline serie), with official kernel sources and addons,
- the rel (-69) will be used for development and experimental flavours,
- instead (-70) is born by the -1 % -69 merge, can generate all flavours
- Yin & Yang (69) release - it's a very complete kernel flavour sets
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------

* Wed Jan 21 2015 Nicolo' Costanza <abitrules@yahoo.it> 3.18.1-1
+ update to 3.18.1 - stable
+ it's first version of "nrj/nrjQL" stable 3.18.x, in early development
- stage, so, it's only for testing purposes, please, dont use this srpm,
- for your daily PC working, because is still to fix all over!!!
- all the defconfigs have been prepared for the 3.18 series
- all the patches have been added/update for the 3.18 series
- all the kernel specs have been updated to the 3.18 series
- all custom openmandriva/rosa features have been backported from previous
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
- Kernel 3.18 for mdv 2010.2, 2011.0, cooker, rosa.lts2012.0, rosa2012.1
- MIB (Mandriva International Backports) - http://mib.pianetalinux.org/
- The rel (-1) (mainline serie), with official kernel sources and addons,
- the rel (-69) will be used for development and experimental flavours,
- instead (-70) is born by the -1 % -69 merge, can generate all flavours
- Yin & Yang (69) release - it's a very complete kernel flavour sets
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------

* Mon Jan 12 2015 Nicolo' Costanza <abitrules@yahoo.it> 3.17.8-1
+ update to 3.17.8 - stable
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
- Kernel 3.17 for mdv 2010.2, 2011.0, cooker, rosa.lts2012.0, rosa2012.1
- MIB (Mandriva International Backports) - http://mib.pianetalinux.org/
- The rel (-1) (mainline serie), with official kernel sources and addons,
- the rel (-QL) will be used for development and experimental flavours,
- instead (-ONE) is born by the -1 % -69 merge, can generate all flavours
- Yin & Yang (69) release - it's a very complete kernel flavour sets
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------

Build status & Availability

I remind you the base repo address for kernels 3.18 link:
http://abf.rosalinux.ru/downloads/kerne ... epository/

The rpms will be available for for rosa2012lts, rosa 2012.1, omv2013, omv2014, cooker
These below are the rebuilds right now in progress... related to the new kernel 3.18.11

nrj >>> https://abf.rosalinux.ru/kernels_3_18x/ ... uild_lists
- kernel-nrj-desktop

nrjQL >>> https://abf.rosalinux.ru/kernels_3_18x/ ... uild_lists
- kernel-nrjQL-desktop



VMWare virtualization

NEWS:
With current VMware 11 / VMPlayer 7: everything works without requiring any unofficial patching

General Info about kernel 3.18
http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_3.18


let me know your feedback...
bye, NicCo

[NicCo]

To highlight:
Kernel3.18.11 sees the return of TOI for the nrjQL flavours, all the tests with my Pcs is fine executing a lot of suspend/resume and hybernation/resume
in the first versions of Kernel 3.18 serie, we have received a certain number of complains related to this feature, we really appreciate your feedback...

now please, you should take attention on these suspend/resume operations with your own PCs, and it's very important to report us your experiences!

[trencan]

I have still the same problem as with all latest kernels. After resume, no internet connection. Network service fails to start. Here is output:

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[root@localhost ~]# systemctl status network.service
network.service - LSB: Bring up/down networking
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/rc.d/init.d/network)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2015-04-11 07:08:35 CEST; 1min 59s ago
  Process: 4319 ExecStart=/etc/rc.d/init.d/network start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Apr 11 07:08:35 localhost.localdomain network[4319]: [FAILED]
Apr 11 07:08:35 localhost.localdomain network[4319]: Bringing up interface wlan0:  /etc/locale.conf: line 3: warning: setlocale: LC_COLLATE: cannot change locale (en_US.UTF-8)
Apr 11 07:08:35 localhost.localdomain network[4319]: /etc/locale.conf: line 11: warning: setlocale: LC_CTYPE: cannot change locale (en_US.UTF-8): No such file or directory
Apr 11 07:08:35 localhost.localdomain network[4319]: ./ifup: interface ifcfg-wlan0 is controlled by NetworkManager; skipping.
Apr 11 07:08:35 localhost.localdomain network[4319]: [  OK  ]
Apr 11 07:08:35 localhost.localdomain network[4319]: /etc/locale.conf: line 3: warning: setlocale: LC_COLLATE: cannot change locale (en_US.UTF-8)
Apr 11 07:08:35 localhost.localdomain network[4319]: /etc/locale.conf: line 11: warning: setlocale: LC_CTYPE: cannot change locale (en_US.UTF-8): No such file or directory
Apr 11 07:08:35 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: network.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1
Apr 11 07:08:35 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: Bring up/down networking.
Apr 11 07:08:35 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Unit network.service entered failed state.
[root@localhost ~]# systemctl start network.service
Job for network.service failed. See 'systemctl status network.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details.
[root@localhost ~]# journalctl -xn
-- Logs begin at Sat 2015-03-14 21:06:09 CET, end at Sat 2015-04-11 07:11:12 CEST. --
Apr 11 07:11:10 localhost.localdomain kernel: ieee80211 phy0: rt61pci_wait_bbp_ready: Error - BBP register access failed, aborting
Apr 11 07:11:10 localhost.localdomain kernel: ieee80211 phy0: rt61pci_set_device_state: Error - Device failed to enter state 4 (-5)
Apr 11 07:11:11 localhost.localdomain kernel: ieee80211 phy0: rt61pci_wait_bbp_ready: Error - BBP register access failed, aborting
Apr 11 07:11:11 localhost.localdomain kernel: ieee80211 phy0: rt61pci_set_device_state: Error - Device failed to enter state 4 (-5)
Apr 11 07:11:12 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[3925]: <error> [1428729072.698705] [nm-supplicant-interface.c:997] interface_add_cb(): (wlan0): error adding interface: wpa_supplicant couldn't grab this inte
Apr 11 07:11:12 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[3925]: dbus_g_proxy_cancel_call: assertion 'pending != NULL' failed
Apr 11 07:11:12 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[3925]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant interface state: starting -> down
Apr 11 07:11:12 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[3925]: <warn> Trying to remove a non-existant call id.
Apr 11 07:11:12 localhost.localdomain kernel: ieee80211 phy0: rt61pci_wait_bbp_ready: Error - BBP register access failed, aborting
Apr 11 07:11:12 localhost.localdomain kernel: ieee80211 phy0: rt61pci_set_device_state: Error - Device failed to enter state 4 (-5)

My wifi network card is:

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04:00.0 Network controller: Ralink corp. RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI
        Subsystem: Belkin F5D7000 v6000 Wireless G Desktop Card
        Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=slow >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 32, Cache Line Size: 4 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 19
        Region 0: Memory at faff8000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32K]
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
                Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
        Kernel driver in use: rt61pci

[trencan]

I even tried to "rmmod rt61pci" before suspend and "modprobe rt61pci" after resume. Didn't help, only reboot helps.

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[root@localhost ~]# lsmod | grep rt61pci
[root@localhost ~]# modprobe rt61pci
[root@localhost ~]# lsmod | grep rt61pci
rt61pci                32088  0 
rt2x00pci              13287  1 rt61pci
rt2x00mmio             13603  1 rt61pci
rt2x00lib              55250  3 rt61pci,rt2x00pci,rt2x00mmio
eeprom_93cx6           13344  1 rt61pci
crc_itu_t              12707  1 rt61pci
[root@localhost ~]# systemctl start network.service
Job for network.service failed. See 'systemctl status network.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details.
[root@localhost ~]# journalctl -xn
-- Logs begin at Sat 2015-03-14 21:06:09 CET, end at Sat 2015-04-11 08:05:41 CEST. --
Apr 11 08:05:41 localhost.localdomain wpa_supplicant[3614]: WEXT: Could not set interface 'wlan0' UP
Apr 11 08:05:41 localhost.localdomain wpa_supplicant[3614]: wlan0: Failed to initialize driver interface
Apr 11 08:05:41 localhost.localdomain wpa_supplicant[3614]: Could not set interface wlan0 flags (UP): Input/output error
Apr 11 08:05:41 localhost.localdomain kernel: ieee80211 phy1: rt61pci_wait_bbp_ready: Error - BBP register access failed, aborting
Apr 11 08:05:41 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[4350]: <error> [1428732341.619835] [nm-supplicant-interface.c:997] interface_add_cb(): (wlan0): error adding interface: wpa_supplicant couldn't grab this inte
Apr 11 08:05:41 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[4350]: dbus_g_proxy_cancel_call: assertion 'pending != NULL' failed
Apr 11 08:05:41 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[4350]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant interface state: starting -> down
Apr 11 08:05:41 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[4350]: <warn> Trying to remove a non-existant call id.
Apr 11 08:05:41 localhost.localdomain wpa_supplicant[3614]: nl80211: Could not set interface 'wlan0' UP
Apr 11 08:05:41 localhost.localdomain kernel: ieee80211 phy1: rt61pci_set_device_state: Error - Device failed to enter state 4 (-5)   

[NicCo]

I remember the wifi fails after a resume, an old problem that can happen with certain hardware drivers

Googling around with this terms,,,
ralink stops working after resume

this kind of problems with RALINK seems pretty common...
a lot of discussions, you can read and try some workaround, then if is working for you, let us know


here, just for example, there is a discussion and a solution that works, at least, for the ubuntu 14.04

the discussion is:
Since 14.04 Upgrade Wifi does not connect after suspend, ralink RT3290
>>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2218043
here is the working workaround
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php? ... st13000035

Wifi not re-connecting after suspend
http://askubuntu.com/questions/368671/u ... er-suspend

[andreas]

Installed on my desktop X64 nrjql. No problems so far, but I never suspend/Hybernate my desktop.

[Alexander83]

To highlight:
Kernel3.18.11 sees the return of TOI for the nrjQL flavours, all the tests with my Pcs is fine executing a lot of suspend/resume and hybernation/resume
in the first versions of Kernel 3.18 serie, we have received a certain number of complains related to this feature, we really appreciate your feedback...

now please, you should take attention on these suspend/resume operations with your own PCs, and it's very important to report us your experiences!

Upgraded kernel on all my machines, all works fine also suspend/hybernation with TOI!
Thanks NicCo!

[trencan]

this kind of problems with RALINK seems pretty common...
a lot of discussions, you can read and try some workaround, then if is working for you, let us know

Thanks for links. I tried everything written there and no success. I didn't find any sequence of commands to make wifi network working. I tried to reload driver rt61pci, to restart NetworkManager service, "nmcli nm sleep false", "pkill -f wpa_supplicant", but nothing helped, only reboot. Here is output after NetworkManager service restart:

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[root@localhost ~]# nmcli nm sleep false
Error in sleep: Already awake

[root@localhost ~]# systemctl status -l NetworkManager.service
NetworkManager.service - Network Manager
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service; enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Sat 2015-04-11 21:40:54 CEST; 1min 1s ago
 Main PID: 31779 (NetworkManager)
   CGroup: /system.slice/NetworkManager.service
           └─31779 /usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon

Apr 11 21:41:49 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[31779]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant interface state: starting -> down
Apr 11 21:41:49 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[31779]: <warn> Trying to remove a non-existant call id.
Apr 11 21:41:51 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[31779]: <error> [1428781311.915882] [nm-supplicant-interface.c:997] interface_add_cb(): (wlan0): error adding interface: wpa_supplicant couldn't grab this interface.
Apr 11 21:41:51 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[31779]: dbus_g_proxy_cancel_call: assertion 'pending != NULL' failed
Apr 11 21:41:51 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[31779]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant interface state: starting -> down
Apr 11 21:41:51 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[31779]: <warn> Trying to remove a non-existant call id.
Apr 11 21:41:54 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[31779]: <error> [1428781314.13496] [nm-supplicant-interface.c:997] interface_add_cb(): (wlan0): error adding interface: wpa_supplicant couldn't grab this interface.
Apr 11 21:41:54 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[31779]: dbus_g_proxy_cancel_call: assertion 'pending != NULL' failed
Apr 11 21:41:54 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[31779]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant interface state: starting -> down
Apr 11 21:41:54 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[31779]: <warn> Trying to remove a non-existant call id.

What else should I restart after resume, some other service? Or is it problem of wrong device power state or something like that?

[NicCo]

It maybe that the firmware can not be loaded
please, can you verify if you have installed it?

Your firmware should be

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rt61-firmware

Description:
This package contains the firmware files for the RT61 chip, which is used in WLAN PCMCIA cards.

For a proper resume from suspend the firmware must be properly reloaded,
so it maybe a defect on the current installed firmware, or a missing firmware

[trencan]

Package rt61-firmware brings files:

‎/lib/firmware/rt2561.bin
‎/lib/firmware/rt2561s.bin
‎/lib/firmware/rt2661.bin

But I already have all these files, they come from package: kernel-firmware-extra-20150209-0.1-omv2014.0.noarch. With that pkg there come really a lot of firmware files, so I fear to uninstall it and replace with rt61-firmware. And it is even not allowed to uninstall.