Unfortunately, for various reasons, updating the kernel beyond this new
version is not an option. I guess we are going to have to go back to
2.11.3 which comes built in :(

-Steve


On 9/2/14, 5:36 PM, "Fujinaka, Todd" <[email protected]> wrote:

>Ubuntu is the one with the unexpected version strings in the kernel. I
>would suggest that you update the kernel to the latest which should have
>the newest ixgbevf in the kernel. That way you won't have to install the
>out-of-tree driver, unless you have a specific need for it.
>
>Todd Fujinaka
>Software Application Engineer
>Networking Division (ND)
>Intel Corporation
>[email protected]
>(503) 712-4565
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Steven Nelson [mailto:[email protected]]
>Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 3:12 PM
>To: Fujinaka, Todd; [email protected]
>Subject: Re: Compiling 2.15.3 on linux-3.13.0-35
>
>Ubuntu 14.04 on Amazon AWS. It started happening when I updated the
>kernel. 2.14.2 also fails, but with more errors.
>
>-Steve
>
>
>On 9/2/14, 4:56 PM, "Fujinaka, Todd" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Which OS are you using? Is it Debian (where we've been having troubles
>>lately)?
>>
>>We support RHEL7 and RHEL 6, and SLES 11 SP3 and SLES10 SP4, and
>>upstream kernels. Sometimes we have issues with other kernels because
>>of inaccurate or unexpected version strings in the kernel.
>>
>>Todd Fujinaka
>>Software Application Engineer
>>Networking Division (ND)
>>Intel Corporation
>>[email protected]
>>(503) 712-4565
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Steven Nelson [mailto:[email protected]]
>>Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 2:00 PM
>>To: [email protected]
>>Subject: [E1000-devel] Compiling 2.15.3 on linux-3.13.0-35
>>
>>I have been attempting to compile the 2.15.3 version of the ixgbevf
>>driver using dkms, however I keep getting this error:
>>
>>
>>make -C /lib/modules/3.13.0-35-generic/build
>>SUBDIRS=/var/lib/dkms/ixgbevf/2.15.3/build/src modules
>>
>>make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.13.0-35-generic'
>>
>>  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/ixgbevf/2.15.3/build/src/ixgbevf_main.o
>>
>>/var/lib/dkms/ixgbevf/2.15.3/build/src/ixgbevf_main.c: In function
>>Œixgbevf_get_stats64¹:
>>
>>/var/lib/dkms/ixgbevf/2.15.3/build/src/ixgbevf_main.c:4230:4: error:
>>implicit declaration of function Œu64_stats_fetch_begin_bh¹
>>[-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
>>
>>    start = u64_stats_fetch_begin_irq(&ring->syncp);
>>
>>    ^
>>
>>/var/lib/dkms/ixgbevf/2.15.3/build/src/ixgbevf_main.c:4233:3: error:
>>implicit declaration of function Œu64_stats_fetch_retry_bh¹
>>[-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
>>
>>   } while (u64_stats_fetch_retry_irq(&ring->syncp, start));
>>
>>   ^
>>
>>cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
>>
>>make[2]: *** [/var/lib/dkms/ixgbevf/2.15.3/build/src/ixgbevf_main.o]
>>Error 1
>>
>>make[1]: *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/ixgbevf/2.15.3/build/src] Error 2
>>
>>make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.13.0-35-generic'
>>
>>make: *** [default] Error 2
>>
>>
>>Any ideas how to resolve this?
>>
>>
>>-Steve
>

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