This bug was fixed in the package zfs-linux - 0.8.3-1ubuntu12.5
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zfs-linux (0.8.3-1ubuntu12.5) focal; urgency=medium
* Prevent build of the zfs-dkms binary package for kernels later than 5.4.
If that is required, one should use the zfs-dkms package of a later series
** Changed in: zfs-linux (Ubuntu)
Status: Invalid => Fix Released
** Changed in: zfs-linux (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Medium
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I can confirm that zfs-linux 0.8.3-1ubuntu12.5 fixes the dkms
installation error with linux 5.8 on Focal while still working with
linux 5.4.
Setting up zfs-dkms (0.8.3-1ubuntu12.5) ...
Loading new zfs-0.8.3 DKMS files...
Building for 5.8.0-30-generic
Building initial module for 5.8.0-30-generic
Hello Stefan, or anyone else affected,
Accepted zfs-linux into focal-proposed. The package will build now and
be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/zfs-
linux/0.8.3-1ubuntu12.5 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed
repository.
Please help us by testing this new package. See
Thanks Stefan, I gave this a test and it works as expected. Package
sponsored and uploaded.
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Title:
zfs-linux 0.8.3-1ubuntu12.4 ADT test failure
** Description changed:
+ [SRU Justification]
+
+ Impact: When attempting to compile the zfs-dkms module on a 5.8 kernel
+ the module fails to properly configure the build. The kernel driver part
+ of zfs-linux is only prepared to handle the kernels it released with.
+ For Ubuntu kernels the zfs
The proposed update adds a BUILD_EXCLUSIVE_KERNEL directive to the dkms
package. I have added a test build to
https://launchpad.net/~smb/+archive/ubuntu/temp01/+packages and in a
Focal VM which had the 5.4 and hwe-5.8 kernels installed, did an apt-get
install zfs-dkms. This resulted in (relevant
