That's a known issue and we have a fix for it. I think whoever wrote the readme was being optimistic about building on 4.1.2 because certainly, it doesn't.
The only real fix in that tarball was to compile on SLES11SP4, so it should only compile up to kernel-4.0.5 just like ixgbe-4.1.1. That also means that most of the driver code in ixgbe-4.1.2 is from June, while the kernel is from July. Since the kernel is newer, it most likely has newer driver code and there's no need to build the out-of-tree driver at this time unless you have a specific need for the features included. If you do have a specific need, please let your FAE know, and we'll try to work with you to get an NDA release. I'll try to get the readme fixed (and renamed to README so we don't have to download it to read it). Todd Fujinaka Software Application Engineer Networking Division (ND) Intel Corporation todd.fujin...@intel.com (503) 712-4565 -----Original Message----- From: Scott Silverman [mailto:ssilver...@simplexinvestments.com] Sent: Monday, July 27, 2015 2:17 PM To: e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [E1000-devel] ixgbe 4.1.2 not building on kernel 4.1.2 or kernel 4.1.3 The documentation for ixgbe 4.1.2 says it should build on kernels through 4.1.2, but I'm getting the following error during build (kernel 4.1.2): /usr/src/ixgbe-4.1.2/src/ixgbe_main.c: In function ‘ixgbe_ndo_bridge_getlink’: /usr/src/ixgbe-4.1.2/src/ixgbe_main.c:9468: error: too few arguments to function ‘ndo_dflt_bridge_getlink’ /usr/src/ixgbe-4.1.2/src/ixgbe_main.c: At top level: /usr/src/ixgbe-4.1.2/src/ixgbe_main.c:9565: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type Thanks, Scott Silverman -- DISCLAIMER: NOTICE REGARDING PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY The information contained in and/or accompanying this communication is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this information, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the original and any copy of any e-mail and any printout thereof. Electronic transmissions cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. Simplex Trading, LLC and its affiliates reserves the right to intercept, monitor, and retain electronic communications to and from its system as permitted by law. Simplex Trading, LLC is a registered Broker Dealer with CBOE and a Member of SIPC. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ 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
