How to integrate the latest ath10k driver into an older kernel release ?

[Janusz Dziedzic]

On 24 March 2017 at 12:25, Wu Chung-I <uranus0206 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Janusz:
> I follow your procedure (include patched your attachment).
> I can generate but failing compile.
> Any advise?
> My environment is Ubuntu 16.04 (same with you), git the backports and
> checkout to master.
>
I have ubuntu with 4.9-rc6 kernel - probably because of that works for me.
With 4.4 (ubuntu orginal kernel) also fail - don't know kvmalloc() -
seems like bug in backports ...
Best, report this to backports group :)


> Log of make:
> make[5]: 'conf' is up to date.
> #
> # configuration written to .config
> #
> Building backport-include/backport/autoconf.h ... done.
>   CC [M]  /home/chungyi/backports-output/compat/main.o
>   CC [M]  /home/chungyi/backports-output/compat/backport-4.5.o
>   CC [M]  /home/chungyi/backports-output/compat/backport-4.6.o
>   CC [M]  /home/chungyi/backports-output/compat/backport-4.7.o
>   CC [M]  /home/chungyi/backports-output/compat/backport-4.8.o
>   CC [M]  /home/chungyi/backports-output/compat/lib-rhashtable.o
> scripts/Makefile.build:258: recipe for target
> '/home/chungyi/backports-output/compat/lib-rhashtable.o' failed
> scripts/Makefile.build:403: recipe for target
> '/home/chungyi/backports-output/compat' failed
> Makefile:1418: recipe for target '_module_/home/chungyi/backports-output'
> failed
> Makefile.build:6: recipe for target 'modules' failed
> Makefile.real:88: recipe for target 'modules' failed
> Makefile:40: recipe for target 'modules' failed
> Makefile:30: recipe for target 'default' failed
>   CC [M]  /home/chungyi/backports-output/compat/lib-rhashtable.o
> scripts/Makefile.build:258: recipe for target
> '/home/chungyi/backports-output/compat/lib-rhashtable.o' failed
> scripts/Makefile.build:403: recipe for target
> '/home/chungyi/backports-output/compat' failed
> Makefile:1418: recipe for target '_module_/home/chungyi/backports-output'
> failed
> Makefile.build:6: recipe for target 'modules' failed
> Makefile.real:88: recipe for target 'modules' failed
> Makefile:40: recipe for target 'modules' failed
> Makefile:30: recipe for target 'default' failed
>
>
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