$ dpkg -l '*dkms*'|grep ii
ii dkms 2.8.7-2ubuntu2.2 all Dynamic Kernel Module Support Framework
ii intel-i915-dkms 1.23.8.20.230810.22+i33-1 all Out of tree i915 driver.
Does not result in DKMS being compiled for default 5.15 LTS kernel, although headers package is available:
# dpkg -l '*headers*'|grep ii
ii linux-headers-5.15.0-91 5.15.0-91.101 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 5.15.0
ii linux-headers-5.15.0-91-generic 5.15.0-91.101 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 5.15.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-generic 5.15.0.91.88 amd64 Generic Linux kernel headers
# dkms status
intel-i915-dkms/1.23.8.20.230810.22
# dkms install intel-i915-dkms/1.23.8.20.230810.22 -k 5.15.0-91
Error! Your kernel headers for kernel 5.15.0-91 cannot be found.
Please install the linux-headers-5.15.0-91 package or use the --kernelsourcedir option to tell DKMS where it's located.
Whereas DKMS install for (latest) 6.2 Ubuntu 22.04 HWE kernel:
# dkms install intel-i915-dkms/1.23.8.20.230810.22 -k 6.2.0-37-generic
....
cp defconfigs/i915 .config; 'make' -j22 KLIB=/lib/modules/6.2.0-37-generic olddefconfig; 'make' -j22 KLIB=/lib/modules/6.2.0-37-generic.............(bad exit status: 2)
ERROR: Cannot create report: [Errno 17] File exists: '/var/crash/intel-i915-dkms.0.crash'
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.2.0-37-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/intel-i915-dkms/1.23.8.20.230810.22/build/make.log for more information.
...
# rm /var/crash/intel-i915-dkms.0.crash
# dkms install intel-i915-dkms/1.23.8.20.230810.22 -k 6.2.0-37-generic
....
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.2.0-37-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/intel-i915-dkms/1.23.8.20.230810.22/build/make.log for more information.
fails to:
# grep -B1 -C3 error: /var/lib/dkms/intel-i915-dkms/1.23.8.20.230810.22/build/make.log
/var/lib/dkms/intel-i915-dkms/1.23.8.20.230810.22/build/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp.c: In function ‘intel_dp_mst_hpd_irq’:
/var/lib/dkms/intel-i915-dkms/1.23.8.20.230810.22/build/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp.c:4008:9: error: implicit declaration of function ‘drm_dp_mst_hpd_irq’; did you mean ‘intel_dp_mst_hpd_irq’? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
4008 | drm_dp_mst_hpd_irq(&intel_dp->mst_mgr, esi, &handled);
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| intel_dp_mst_hpd_irq
/var/lib/dkms/intel-i915-dkms/1.23.8.20.230810.22/build/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp.c: In function ‘intel_dp_mst_hpd_irq’:
/var/lib/dkms/intel-i915-dkms/1.23.8.20.230810.22/build/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp.c:4008:9: error: implicit declaration of function ‘drm_dp_mst_hpd_irq’; did you mean ‘intel_dp_mst_hpd_irq’? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
4008 | drm_dp_mst_hpd_irq(&intel_dp->mst_mgr, esi, &handled);
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| intel_dp_mst_hpd_irq
DKMS got installed only for (obsolete) OEM kernel:
# dpkg -l '*headers*'|grep ii
...
ii linux-headers-5.17.0-1035-oem 5.17.0-1035.36 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 5.17.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-oem-5.17-headers-5.17.0-1035 5.17.0-1035.36 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 5.17.0
...
# dkms status
intel-i915-dkms/1.23.8.20.230810.22, 5.17.0-1035-oem, x86_64: installed
PS. I noticed this only after upgrading i915 DKMS from an older version that came from (earlier recommended) jammy arc repo, to version coming from (currently recommended) jammy client repository.
Using
jammy client
repository on Arc: https://dgpu-docs.intel.com/driver/client/overview.html#client-intel-package-repository-configurationWith latest available driver version from it:
Does not result in DKMS being compiled for default 5.15 LTS kernel, although headers package is available:
Whereas DKMS install for (latest) 6.2 Ubuntu 22.04 HWE kernel:
fails to:
DKMS got installed only for (obsolete) OEM kernel:
PS. I noticed this only after upgrading i915 DKMS from an older version that came from (earlier recommended)
jammy arc
repo, to version coming from (currently recommended)jammy client
repository.