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talonzx

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Registered: 2010-02-16

Posts: 7

R8168-dkms fails on linux-git and linux-mainline

i cannot get dkms to load r8168 on either of these drivers.

Error! echo
Your kernel headers for kernel  cannot be found at
/usr/lib/modules//build or /usr/lib/modules//source.

i have the right headers installed but i cannot get it to work.

Last edited by talonzx (2016-07-10 03:51:09)

talonzx

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Registered: 2010-02-16

Posts: 7

Re: R8168-dkms fails on linux-git and linux-mainline

this is the build error i get

$ cat /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.042/build/make.log
DKMS make.log for r8168-8.042 for kernel 4.7.0-rc7-gfa3a9f574 (x86_64)
Sat Jul 16 08:00:11 AEST 2016
make: Entering directory '/usr/lib/modules/4.7.0-rc7-gfa3a9f574/build'
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.042/build/src/r8168_n.o
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.042/build/src/r8168_n.c: In function ‘rtl8168_init_one’:
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.042/build/src/r8168_n.c:22799:28: error: ‘struct net_device’ has no member named ‘gso_min_segs’; did you mean ‘gso_max_segs’?
dev->gso_min_segs = NIC_MIN_PHYS_BUF_COUNT;
^~
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.042/build/src/r8168_n.c:22807:28: error: ‘struct net_device’ has no member named ‘gso_min_segs’; did you mean ‘gso_max_segs’?
dev->gso_min_segs = NIC_MIN_PHYS_BUF_COUNT;
^~
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.042/build/src/r8168_n.c: In function ‘rtl8168_start_xmit’:
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.042/build/src/r8168_n.c:24969:12: error: ‘struct net_device’ has no member named ‘trans_start’; did you mean ‘mem_start’?
dev->trans_start = jiffies;
^~
make[1]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:290: /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.042/build/src/r8168_n.o] Error 1
make: *** [Makefile:1457: _module_/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.042/build/src] Error 2
make: Leaving directory '/usr/lib/modules/4.7.0-rc7-gfa3a9f574/build'