Bugzilla – Bug 1213767
Displaylink/evide drivers do not compile on SLED15.5
Last modified: 2023-07-30 08:24:32 UTC
Running Suse SLED 15.5 as this was offered for download on purchase. using most recent displaylink/evdi sources from displaylink.com this does not compile without error and a fix is not self-evident. Typically modifying sources from https://github.com/displaylink-rpm/displaylink-rpm would work but not this time. Using available packages from OpenSUSE also does not work for SLED 15.5 Prior work around was because of dma-buf-map.h is now iosys-map in recent kernels FIXING changes required in just one file evdi_gem.c rename dma-buf-map.h to iosys-map.h change dma_buf_map to iosys_map change DMA_BUF_MAP_INIT_VADDR to IOSYS_MAP_INIT_VADDR On install from OpenSUSE repo's : https://software.opensuse.org/package/displaylink?search_term=DisplayLink Problem: nothing provides 'libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.33)(64bit)' needed by the to be installed displaylink-5.7.0-11.1.x86_64 Solution 1: do not install displaylink-5.7.0-11.1.x86_64 Solution 2: break displaylink-5.7.0-11.1.x86_64 by ignoring some of its dependencies Obviously when choosing 2 this has consequences. attempting fix on evdi_gem.c which worked well on RHEL9.x for a somewhat older version. sed -i s/dma-buf-map.h/iosys-map.h/ evdi_gem.c sed -i s/dma_buf_map/iosys_map/ evdi_gem.c sed -i s/DMA_BUF_MAP_INIT_VADDR/IOSYS_MAP_INIT_VADDR/ evdi_gem.c make clean /usr/src/evdi-1.13.1 # make make -C /lib/modules/5.14.21-150500.55.7-default/build M=$PWD make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-5.14.21-150500.55.7-obj/x86_64/default' CC [M] /usr/src/evdi-1.13.1/evdi_platform_drv.o CC [M] /usr/src/evdi-1.13.1/evdi_platform_dev.o CC [M] /usr/src/evdi-1.13.1/evdi_sysfs.o CC [M] /usr/src/evdi-1.13.1/evdi_modeset.o CC [M] /usr/src/evdi-1.13.1/evdi_connector.o CC [M] /usr/src/evdi-1.13.1/evdi_encoder.o CC [M] /usr/src/evdi-1.13.1/evdi_drm_drv.o CC [M] /usr/src/evdi-1.13.1/evdi_fb.o CC [M] /usr/src/evdi-1.13.1/evdi_gem.o CC [M] /usr/src/evdi-1.13.1/evdi_painter.o CC [M] /usr/src/evdi-1.13.1/evdi_params.o CC [M] /usr/src/evdi-1.13.1/evdi_cursor.o CC [M] /usr/src/evdi-1.13.1/evdi_debug.o CC [M] /usr/src/evdi-1.13.1/evdi_i2c.o CC [M] /usr/src/evdi-1.13.1/evdi_ioc32.o LD [M] /usr/src/evdi-1.13.1/evdi.o MODPOST /usr/src/evdi-1.13.1/Module.symvers ERROR: modpost: module evdi uses symbol dma_buf_vunmap from namespace DMA_BUF, but does not import it. ERROR: modpost: module evdi uses symbol dma_buf_begin_cpu_access from namespace DMA_BUF, but does not import it. ERROR: modpost: module evdi uses symbol dma_buf_end_cpu_access from namespace DMA_BUF, but does not import it. ERROR: modpost: module evdi uses symbol dma_buf_vmap from namespace DMA_BUF, but does not import it. make[3]: *** [/usr/src/linux-5.14.21-150500.55.7/scripts/Makefile.modpost:140: /usr/src/evdi-1.13.1/Module.symvers] Error 1 make[3]: *** Deleting file '/usr/src/evdi-1.13.1/Module.symvers' make[2]: *** [/usr/src/linux-5.14.21-150500.55.7/Makefile:1810: modules] Error 2 make[1]: *** [../../../linux-5.14.21-150500.55.7/Makefile:220: __sub-make] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-5.14.21-150500.55.7-obj/x86_64/default' make: *** [Makefile:86: module] Error 2
Could you try evdi driver package for Leap 15.5 found in software.opensuse.org instead?