DKMS kernel modules (LKRG and tirdad) fail to properly recompile on kernel upgrade

Patrick · February 14, 2020, 6:20am

Confirmed. Investigating.

Patrick · February 14, 2020, 6:49am

github.com/0xsirus/tirdad

kernel version support / variable KERNELRELEASE support required for DKMS integration

opened 06:33AM - 14 Feb 20 UTC

closed 06:30AM - 15 Feb 20 UTC

adrelanos

Could you please add "basic" multiple kernel compilation support? Multiple ke…rnel support is not "really" what I am after. But if tirdad is already installed and the package management system (APT) installs a new kernel, DKMS will trigger a recompilation. At that point we are still running with an old kernel version and need to build tirdad for the new kernel version which is not yet active (it will be active after reboot). (DKMS will automatically build the kernel module for any installed kernel version.) Simplified said, this is the command which DKMS is running to build the kernel module. make -j4 KERNELRELEASE=4.19.0-8-amd64 all Support for this needs to be implemented in the makefile, I think. This is for example VirtualBox's [Makefile.module](https://www.virtualbox.org/svn/vbox/trunk/src/VBox/Additions/linux/sharedfolders/Makefile.module) which references make variable `KERNELRELEASE`. Could you implement that please?

Patrick · February 14, 2020, 8:38am

Patrick · February 14, 2020, 8:49am

Patrick · February 14, 2020, 9:10am

DKMS integration / DKMS compilation during kernel upgrade failing for Debian package / please add make variable KERNELRELEASE