I'm trying to setup DKMS for the Intel ixgbe driver. Below are the steps that seemed most correct, however I am not successful with this or other variations. I'm using CentOS 7.
I'm using the latest driver from here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000/files/ixgbe%20stable/5.3.5/
After download, my steps:
sudo tar xf ./ixgbe-5.3.5 -C /usr/src
I created a dkms.conf file based on the info from here: https://www.xkyle.com/building-linux-packages-for-kernel-drivers/
File: /usr/src/ixgbe-5.3.5/dkms.conf
MAKE="make -C src/ KERNELDIR=/lib/modules/${kernelver}/build"
CLEAN="make -C src/ clean"
PACKAGE_NAME="ixgbe-dkms"
PACKAGE_VERSION=5.3.5
BUILT_MODULE_LOCATION=src/
BUILT_MODULE_NAME="ixgbe"
DEST_MODULE_LOCATION="/updates"
AUTOINSTALL="yes"
Then I add to dkms and try to build:
$ sudo dkms add ixgbe/5.3.5
Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/ixgbe/5.3.5/source ->
/usr/src/ixgbe-5.3.5
DKMS: add completed.
$ sudo dkms build ixgbe/5.3.5
Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel. Skipping...
Building module:
cleaning build area...
make -j32 KERNELRELEASE=4.4.115-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64 V=1 -C src/ KERNELDIR=/lib/modules/4.4.115-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64/build...(bad exit status: 2)
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 4.4.115-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64 (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/ixgbe/5.3.5/build/make.log for more information.
$ cat /var/lib/dkms/ixgbe/5.3.5/build/make.log
DKMS make.log for ixgbe-5.3.5 for kernel 4.4.115-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64 (x86_64)
Wed Feb 14 17:08:01 EST 2018
make: Entering directory `/var/lib/dkms/ixgbe/5.3.5/build/src'
make: *** No targets. Stop.
make: Leaving directory `/var/lib/dkms/ixgbe/5.3.5/build/src'
$ ls -l /var/lib/dkms/ixgbe/5.3.5/build/src/Makefile
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 6035 Dec 18 19:09 /var/lib/dkms/ixgbe/5.3.5/build/src/Makefile
If I change directory to /var/lib/dkms/ixgbe/5.3.5/build/src and type "sudo make", the build process starts and succeeds. What am I missing? I also tried the instructions from http://xmodulo.com/build-kernel-module-dkms-linux.html, but that just gives different errors.
