On Sun, 09 Dec 2018 15:06:49 +0100 Andreas Beckmann <[email protected]> wrote: > Package: sl-modem-dkms > Version: 2.9.11~20110321-13 > Severity: serious > User: [email protected] > Usertags: piuparts > Control: found -1 2.9.11~20110321-12 > > Hi, > > sl-modem-dkms fails to build a module for 4.18.0-3-amd64 and 4.9.0-8-amd64
In fact it fails to build for any kernel version beginning with a 4,
because it doesn't recognise this as a "new" (2.6+) version.
[...]
> DKMS make.log for sl-modem-2.9.11~20110321 for kernel 4.18.0-3-amd64 (x86_64)
> Sun Dec 9 13:53:21 UTC 2018
> make: Entering directory
> '/var/lib/dkms/sl-modem/2.9.11~20110321/build/drivers'
> doing %.o: %.c
> cc -Wall -pipe -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DEXPORT_SYMTAB
> `test -f /lib/modules/4.18.0-3-amd64/build/include/linux/modversions.h &&
> echo -DMODVERSIONS --include
> /lib/modules/4.18.0-3-amd64/build/include/linux/modversions.h
> -I/lib/modules/4.18.0-3-amd64/build/include` -I. -I./../modem -o
> old_st7554.o -c old_st7554.c
> old_st7554.c:49:10: fatal error: linux/init.h: No such file or directory
> #include <linux/init.h>
> ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> compilation terminated.
[...]
Here it's invoking the compiler directly rather than using Kbuild.
This should be fixable with something like:
--- a/drivers/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/Makefile
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ remove-devices:
$(RM) ${DESTDIR}/dev/slusb$(minor) ; ) echo -n
else
-ifeq ($(shell grep 'UTS.*"\(2\.6\|3\)'
$(KERNEL_DIR)/include/generated/utsrelease.h
$(KERNEL_DIR)/include/linux/utsrelease.h $(KERNEL_DIR)/include/linux/version.h
2>/dev/null),)
+ifeq ($(shell grep 'UTS.*"\(2\.6\|[3-9]\)'
$(KERNEL_DIR)/include/generated/utsrelease.h
$(KERNEL_DIR)/include/linux/utsrelease.h $(KERNEL_DIR)/include/linux/version.h
2>/dev/null),)
slusb-objs:= old_st7554.o
obj:=.
--- END ---
Ben.
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Ben Hutchings
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