reassign 798311 linux 4.2-1~exp1 tags 798311 upstream wontfix thanks On Tue, 2015-09-08 at 08:28 +1000, Brian May wrote: Package: nvidia-kernel-dkms > Version: 352.30-1 > Severity: normal > > falidae# dpkg -i > /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-4.2.0-trunk-amd64_4.2-1~exp1_amd64.deb > (Reading database ... 322134 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to unpack .../linux-image-4.2.0-trunk-amd64_4.2-1~exp1_amd64.deb ... > Unpacking linux-image-4.2.0-trunk-amd64 (4.2-1~exp1) over (4.2-1~exp1) ... > Setting up linux-image-4.2.0-trunk-amd64 (4.2-1~exp1) ... > /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms: > Error! Build of nvidia.ko failed for: 4.2.0-trunk-amd64 (x86_64) > Consult the make.log in the build directory > /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-current/352.30/build/ for more information. > > Not sure what the error is, all I see is a lot of warnings. Suspect the > error might be related to the undefined symbols:
Hello Brian, I faced the same problem the other day when I tried the new kernel from experimental. The actual problem is the following line: FATAL: modpost: GPL-incompatible module nvidia.ko uses GPL-only symbol 'flush_workqueue' Unfortunately there is nothing we can do on the Nvidia side since it's a problem in the kernel code itself. You'd have to patch and rebuild the whole kernel to get past it. It's a regression in 4.2, where a symbol was inlined and the license was mistakenly changed. A patch has already been sent to the upstream kernel mailing list[1] to fix it, and it should appear in the next 4.2 stable point release, hopefully soon. See also this discussion on the Nvidia forum: [2]. Kind regards, Luca Boccassi [1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/9/3/411 [2] https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/849487/linux-v4-2-uses-gpl-only-symbol-flush_workqueue-/
