DKMS install failed and exit status 2

[DrungSturm92]

Hello Takashi, I was trying to install the kernel modules but an unexpected error appeared. I would love to get some help...

/var/lib/dkms/linux-firewire/6.11/build/make.log:

DKMS make.log for linux-firewire-6.11 for kernel 6.8.0-45-generic (x86_64) dom 06 oct 2024 16:55:44 -03 make W=1 -C /lib/modules/6.8.0-45-generic/build M=/var/lib/dkms/linux-firewire/6.11/build modules make[1]: se entra en el directorio '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.8.0-45-generic' warning: the compiler differs from the one used to build the kernel The kernel was built by: x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-12 (Ubuntu 12.3.0-1ubuntu1~22.04) 12.3.0 You are using: gcc-12 (Ubuntu 12.3.0-1ubuntu1~22.04) 12.3.0 CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/linux-firewire/6.11/build/drivers/media/firewire/firedtv-avc.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/linux-firewire/6.11/build/drivers/firewire/core-trace.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/linux-firewire/6.11/build/drivers/media/firewire/firedtv-ci.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/linux-firewire/6.11/build/drivers/media/firewire/firedtv-dvb.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/linux-firewire/6.11/build/drivers/firewire/core-card.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/linux-firewire/6.11/build/drivers/media/firewire/firedtv-fe.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/linux-firewire/6.11/build/drivers/firewire/core-cdev.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/linux-firewire/6.11/build/drivers/media/firewire/firedtv-fw.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/linux-firewire/6.11/build/drivers/media/firewire/firedtv-rc.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/linux-firewire/6.11/build/drivers/firewire/core-device.o LD [M] /var/lib/dkms/linux-firewire/6.11/build/drivers/media/firewire/firedtv.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/linux-firewire/6.11/build/drivers/target/sbp/sbp_target.o /var/lib/dkms/linux-firewire/6.11/build/drivers/firewire/core-device.c:257:18: error: initialization of ‘int ()(struct device , struct device_driver )’ from incompatible pointer type ‘int ()(struct device , const struct device_driver )’ [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types] 257 | .match = fw_unit_match, | ^~~~~ /var/lib/dkms/linux-firewire/6.11/build/drivers/firewire/core-device.c:257:18: note: (near initialization for ‘fw_bus_type.match’) cc1: some warnings being treated as errors make[4]: [scripts/Makefile.build:243: /var/lib/dkms/linux-firewire/6.11/build/drivers/firewire/core-device.o] Error 1 make[3]: [scripts/Makefile.build:481: /var/lib/dkms/linux-firewire/6.11/build/drivers/firewire] Error 2 make[3]: Se espera a que terminen otras tareas.... make[2]: [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.8.0-45-generic/Makefile:1925: /var/lib/dkms/linux-firewire/6.11/build] Error 2 make[1]: [Makefile:240: __sub-make] Error 2 make[1]: se sale del directorio '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.8.0-45-generic' make: [Makefile:37: modules] Error 2

[takaswie]

Hi @DrungSturm92 ,

As the name of remote branch implies, it is for Linux kernel 6.11. You need to revert some commits to backport it to your 6.8 kernel.

[DrungSturm92]

Thanks for your reply and your amazing work.