Unable to build driver for kernel diffenent than currently loaded. Patch:
diff --git a/dkms.conf b/dkms.conf
index 14c33b0..884c99c 100644
--- a/dkms.conf
+++ b/dkms.conf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
PACKAGE_VERSION="@PKGVER@"
PACKAGE_NAME="@_PKGBASE@"
-MAKE[0]="CONFIG_RTL8723BU=m make M=${dkms_tree}/${PACKAGE_NAME}/${PACKAGE_VERSION}/build modules"
+MAKE[0]="CONFIG_RTL8723BU=m make M=${dkms_tree}/${PACKAGE_NAME}/${PACKAGE_VERSION}/build KVER=$kernelver modules"
AUTOINSTALL=yes
BUILT_MODULE_NAME[0]="@_PKGBASE@"
DEST_MODULE_LOCATION[0]="/kernel/drivers/net/wireless"
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Package Details: rtl8723bu-dkms-git r286.447ea62-1
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| Git Clone URL: | https://aur.archlinux.org/rtl8723bu-dkms-git.git (read-only, click to copy) |
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| Package Base: | rtl8723bu-dkms-git |
| Description: | Driver for RTL8723BU DKMS version |
| Upstream URL: | https://github.com/dini/rtl8723bu |
| Keywords: | 8723bu rtl8723bu |
| Licenses: | GPL |
| Conflicts: | rtl8723bu |
| Provides: | rtl8723bu |
| Submitter: | dini |
| Maintainer: | dini |
| Last Packager: | dini |
| Votes: | 5 |
| Popularity: | 0.67 |
| First Submitted: | 2022-12-13 17:54 (UTC) |
| Last Updated: | 2026-05-07 14:26 (UTC) |
Dependencies (4)
- dkms (dkms-gitAUR)
- linux-headers (linux-mnt-reform-bin-headersAUR, linux-galaxyaudio-headers-binAUR)
- git (git-gitAUR, git-glAUR, git-wd40AUR) (make)
- pahole (pahole-gitAUR) (make)
Pinned Comments
dini commented on 2018-12-26 00:38 (UTC)
If a build error occurs: Downgrading both elfutils and libelf to 0.174-1 (+ adding them to IgnorePkg) and then upgrading linux, linux-headers, etc. worked for me. After rebooting, the driver compiled just fine.