Source: linux Version: 5.3.7-1 Severity: normal User: de...@kali.org Usertags: origin-kali
https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/commit/82c843e1577930c4eb168f626ab9bd483b118efc seems to break DKMS on arm64: ---- root@pinebook-kali:/usr/src# dkms autoinstall Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel. Skipping... Building module: cleaning build area... 'make' -j4 ARCH=arm64 KVER=5.3.0-kali1-arm64 KSRC=/lib/modules/5.3.0-kali1-arm64/build/...(bad exit status: 2) Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 5.3.0-kali1-arm64 (aarch64) Consult /var/lib/dkms/rtl8723cs/2019.07.31/build/make.log for more information. root@pinebook-kali:/usr/src# cat /var/lib/dkms/rtl8723cs/2019.07.31/build/make.log DKMS make.log for rtl8723cs-2019.07.31 for kernel 5.3.0-kali1-arm64 (aarch64) Fri Nov 1 03:50:50 CDT 2019 make ARCH=arm64 CROSS_COMPILE= -C /lib/modules/5.3.0-kali1-arm64/build/ M=/var/lib/dkms/rtl8723cs/2019.07.31/build modules make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-5.3.0-kali1-arm64' arch/arm64/Makefile:58: *** arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc not found, check CROSS_COMPILE_COMPAT. Stop. make[1]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-5.3.0-kali1-common/Makefile:179: sub-make] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-5.3.0-kali1-arm64' make: *** [Makefile:1670: modules] Error 2 ---- Some more information gathered on IRC: 16:51 <bwh> Oh, we have the Depends right, so I think the check in arch/arm64/Makefile needs to be suppressed when building out-of-tree modules 16:54 <buxy> bwh: what do you mean with "we have the Depends right" (i.e. with or without the cross-compiler)? on what package are you looking? 16:55 <bwh> The Depends for the linux-headers package don't include an armhf compiler, which is correct 16:55 <bwh> but the kernel build system still looks for it, which is not 16:55 <bwh> There are some upstream changes around this that might fix it Cheers, Raphaël.
