Bug#818862: Similar issues with kernel 4.6 and 4.7

[Luca Boccassi]

On Tue, 2016-08-16 at 20:02 +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote:
> Package: nvidia-kernel-source
> Version: 367.35-1
> Followup-For: Bug #818862
> Control: severity 818862 grave
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have no idea how you manage to build the current modules even for Sid.
> For me, it fails, always with the same symptoms. It fails with Sid
> version of nvidia-kernel-source, it fails with the Experimental version
> of the package, it fails with the SVN version which I built using the
> instructions from the Wiki. It fails with my kernel 4.7 (locally
> compiled) and also when I try to build against the official Sid kernel
> headers.
> 
> So, how is it supposed to work? Is the source not ready for gcc 6? Is it
> doing some broken checks that depend on running kernel rather than the
> target kernel?
> 
> I briefly tried to investigate in the source but it's a huge mess, IMHO.

Have you read the supplied readme
file, /usr/share/doc/nvidia-kernel-source/README.Debian.gz ?
As the readme suggests, it's recommended to use module-assistant.

EG:

module-assistant build --text-mode --force --kvers-list 4.7.0-rc7-amd64 nvidia-kernel

If you do not have a kernel with a supplied linux-headers-VERSION
package there are more instructions in the readme, but you will have a
harder time as you'll have to make sure the environment is setup
correctly.

Using module-assistant the nvidia-kernel-source in sid and experimental
build with all the kernel headers available in wheezy, jessie, stretch,
sid and experimental.

Kind regards,
Luca Boccassi
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