Anything bigger than 255 is customized, most likely by AWS. We can't support every variant and that's a reason to have that check.
We only support the stock LTS kernels - since you're running a custom kernel, you get to run a custom driver. You'll need to ask AWS what they changed in the kernel. Todd Fujinaka Software Application Engineer Datacenter Engineering Group Intel Corporation todd.fujin...@intel.com (503) 712-4565 -----Original Message----- From: Mike Hicklen [mailto:mike.hick...@rackspace.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2017 12:07 PM To: e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [E1000-devel] Ubuntu Kernel Version on AWS EC2 Ubuntu 16.04 uses a kernel version of 1022 as of this email: /usr/src/ixgbevf-4.1.2# dkms add -m ixgbevf -v 4.1.2 Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/ixgbevf/4.1.2/source -> /usr/src/ixgbevf-4.1.2 DKMS: add completed. root@ip-10-50-38-224:/usr/src/ixgbevf-4.1.2# dkms build -m ixgbevf -v 4.1.2 Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel. Skipping... Building module: cleaning build area.... cd src/; make BUILD_KERNEL=4.4.0-1022-aws....(bad exit status: 2) ERROR (dkms apport): binary package for ixgbevf: 4.1.2 not found Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 4.4.0-1022-aws (x86_64) Consult /var/lib/dkms/ixgbevf/4.1.2/build/make.log for more information. /usr/src/ixgbevf-4.1.2# uname -r 4.4.0-1022-aws 807 #if UTS_UBUNTU_RELEASE_ABI > 255 808 #error UTS_UBUNTU_RELEASE_ABI is too large... 809 #endif /* UTS_UBUNTU_RELEASE_ABI > 255 */ 810 "../ixgbevf-4.1.2/src/kcompat.h" 5442 lines --12%-- 702,9 13% I fixed it as follows: 807 #if UTS_UBUNTU_RELEASE_ABI >2048 808 #error UTS_UBUNTU_RELEASE_ABI is too large... 809 #endif /* UTS_UBUNTU_RELEASE_ABI > 255 */ 810 "../ixgbevf-4.1.2/src/kcompat.h" 5442 lines --12%-- 702,9 13% Any ideas on how to best address this? It built after this but it's not terribly convincing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list E1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel To learn more about Intel® Ethernet, visit http://communities.intel.com/community/wired ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list E1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel To learn more about Intel® Ethernet, visit http://communities.intel.com/community/wired
