*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1757008 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1757008
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Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find. ** Summary changed: - fails to build against 4.15.0.24-generic + fails to build against 4.15.0.24-generic [error: implicit declaration of function ‘init_timer’] ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1757008 bcmwl-kernel-source: bcmwl kernel module failed to build [error: implicit declaration of function ‘init_timer’] -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to bcmwl in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1779822 Title: fails to build against 4.15.0.24-generic [error: implicit declaration of function ‘init_timer’] Status in bcmwl package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Kernel updated to 4.15 last night. bcmwl-kernel-source dkms fails to build against it: Looks like something changed on the kernel-side. contents of /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/make.log DKMS make.log for bcmwl-6.30.223.271+bdcom for kernel 4.15.0-24-generic (x86_64) Tue Jul 3 10:03:18 SAST 2018 make: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.15.0-24-generic' Makefile:976: "Cannot use CONFIG_STACK_VALIDATION=y, please install libelf-dev, libelf-devel or elfutils-libelf-devel" CFG80211 API is prefered for this kernel version Using CFG80211 API CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/src/shared/linux_osl.o /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/src/shared/linux_osl.c: In function ‘osl_os_get_image_block’: /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/src/shared/linux_osl.c:1083:26: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘kernel_read’ makes pointer from integer without a cast [-Wint-conversion] rdlen = kernel_read(fp, fp->f_pos, buf, len); ^ In file included from ./include/linux/huge_mm.h:7:0, from ./include/linux/mm.h:463, from /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/src/include/linuxver.h:65, from /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/src/shared/linux_osl.c:25: ./include/linux/fs.h:2858:16: note: expected ‘void *’ but argument is of type ‘loff_t {aka long long int}’ extern ssize_t kernel_read(struct file *, void *, size_t, loff_t *); ^ /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/src/shared/linux_osl.c:1083:37: warning: passing argument 3 of ‘kernel_read’ makes integer from pointer without a cast [-Wint-conversion] rdlen = kernel_read(fp, fp->f_pos, buf, len); ^ In file included from ./include/linux/huge_mm.h:7:0, from ./include/linux/mm.h:463, from /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/src/include/linuxver.h:65, from /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/src/shared/linux_osl.c:25: ./include/linux/fs.h:2858:16: note: expected ‘size_t {aka long unsigned int}’ but argument is of type ‘char *’ extern ssize_t kernel_read(struct file *, void *, size_t, loff_t *); ^ /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/src/shared/linux_osl.c:1083:42: warning: passing argument 4 of ‘kernel_read’ makes pointer from integer without a cast [-Wint-conversion] rdlen = kernel_read(fp, fp->f_pos, buf, len); ^ In file included from ./include/linux/huge_mm.h:7:0, from ./include/linux/mm.h:463, from /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/src/include/linuxver.h:65, from /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/src/shared/linux_osl.c:25: ./include/linux/fs.h:2858:16: note: expected ‘loff_t * {aka long long int *}’ but argument is of type ‘int’ extern ssize_t kernel_read(struct file *, void *, size_t, loff_t *); ^ CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.o /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c: In function ‘wl_init_timer’: /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:2359:2: error: implicit declaration of function ‘init_timer’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] init_timer(&t->timer); ^ /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:2360:10: error: ‘struct timer_list’ has no member named ‘data’ t->timer.data = (ulong) t; ^ /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:2361:20: error: assignment from incompatible pointer type [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types] t->timer.function = wl_timer; ^ cc1: some warnings being treated as errors scripts/Makefile.build:332: recipe for target '/var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.o' failed make[1]: *** [/var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.o] Error 1 Makefile:1552: recipe for target '_module_/var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build' failed make: *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build] Error 2 make: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.15.0-24-generic' To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/1779822/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp