[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1737750] Re: nvidia-graphics-drivers fail to build [error: implicit declaration of function ‘init_timer’]

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[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1737750] Re: nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 304.137-0ubuntu2 ADT test failure with linux 4.15.0-1.2 [error: implicit declaration of function ‘init_timer’]

Here is nvidia release info for the latest driver 304.137 released in 2017-9-19: https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/123709/en-us Last bullet in "release highlights says: "Removed support for checking for and downloading updated driver packages and precompiled kernel interfaces

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1737750] Re: nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 304.137-0ubuntu2 ADT test failure with linux 4.15.0-1.2 [error: implicit declaration of function ‘init_timer’]

The problem here is that nvidia drop maintining 304.x, so they will not update the 304 driver with the kernel 4.15 standard. Currently there are some patches that fix the issue but in the future we don't know. Remember that nvidia304 is propietary and thus w/o nvidia there is no much we can