No this is a CentOS kernel so I don't know why a kcompat change is needed but I guess it is.
Cheers, John > -----Original Message----- > From: Skidmore, Donald C [mailto:donald.c.skidm...@intel.com] > Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 9:45 AM > To: Leonardo Amaral - Listas <lis...@leonardoamaral.com.br>; Fujinaka, > Todd <todd.fujin...@intel.com> > Cc: e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [E1000-devel] ixgbe 4.3.13 x Linux 4.5.0 = Compilation Faillure > > So this is an Ubuntu kernel not a kernel.org one, right? It doesn't mean it > shouldn't work just I don't believe our validation actively checks new Ubuntu > kernels. When issues do come up we will however write kcompat for the > next release. Likewise the Source Forge driver can only be tested on kernels > that are available at the time we put out said driver. 4.3.13 came out in > January pre 4.5.0 existence so it wouldn't be surprising if some kernel change > caused us a problem. Normally this isn't an issue, like Todd mentioned, as > the upstream driver is often more up to date than what is on source forge > anyway so there isn't much to be gained using the out of tree driver on such > kernels. > > However, from the output of your build failure looks like it was unhappy with > your autoconf, did you run 'make oldconfig' or see any errors when you did? > > Thanks, > -Don Skidmore <donald.c.skidm...@intel.com> > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Leonardo Amaral - Listas [mailto:lis...@leonardoamaral.com.br] > > Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 9:27 AM > > To: Fujinaka, Todd <todd.fujin...@intel.com> > > Cc: e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: Re: [E1000-devel] ixgbe 4.3.13 x Linux 4.5.0 = Compilation > > Faillure > > > > 2016-03-16 12:54 GMT-03:00 Fujinaka, Todd <todd.fujin...@intel.com>: > > > > > Is there a reason you're compiling the out-of-tree driver for a > > > kernel that new? The in-kernel driver should work for most cases and > > > is more recent as well. > > > > > > > And a last information about versions and options: > > > > # (echo -e "modinfo -k 4.5.0-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64 ixgbe\n" ; modinfo -k > > 4.5.0-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64 ixgbe ; echo -e "\nmodinfo ixgbe\n" ; > > modinfo > > ixgbe) | wgetpaste -s dpaste > > Your paste can be seen here: http://dpaste.com/24GE6ZR > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Transform Data into Opportunity. > Accelerate data analysis in your applications with Intel Data Analytics > Acceleration Library. > Click to learn more. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=278785231&iu=/4140 > _______________________________________________ > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transform Data into Opportunity. Accelerate data analysis in your applications with Intel Data Analytics Acceleration Library. Click to learn more. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=278785231&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ 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
