Realport Complile error Ubuntu 18.04 (kernel 4.15.0-20)

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Bombs out when trying to build dgrp_net_ops.c

make[1]: Entering directory ‘/home/user/dgrp-1.9/driver/2.6.27’
make -C /lib/modules/4.15.0-20-generic/build SUBDIRS=$PWD modules MYPWD=/home/user/dgrp-1.9/driver/2.6.27 MYMANDIR=/usr/share/man
make[2]: Entering directory ‘/usr/src/linux-headers-4.15.0-20-generic’
CC [M] /home/user/dgrp-1.9/driver/build/dgrp_net_ops.o
/home/user/dgrp-1.9/driver/build/dgrp_net_ops.c:94:51: error: initialization from
incompatible pointer type [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
static struct timer_list poll_timer = { function: poll_handler };
^~~~~~~~~~~~
/home/user/dgrp-1.9/driver/build/dgrp_net_ops.c:94:51: note: (near initialization
for poll_timer.function)
/home/user/dgrp-1.9/driver/build/dgrp_net_ops.c: In function register_net_device:
/home/user/dgrp-1.9/driver/build/dgrp_net_ops.c:180:3: error: implicit declaration of function init_timer; did you mean init_timers? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
init_timer(&poll_timer);
^~~~~~~~~~
init_timers
/home/user/dgrp-1.9/driver/build/dgrp_net_ops.c: In function poll_start_timer:
/home/user/dgrp-1.9/driver/build/dgrp_net_ops.c:4939:22: error: assignment from incompatible pointer type [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
poll_timer.function = poll_handler;
^
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
scripts/Makefile.build:332: recipe for target '/home/user/dgrp-1.9/driver/build/d
make[3]: *** [/home/user/dgrp-1.9/driver/build/dgrp_net_ops.o] Error 1
Makefile:1552: recipe for target ‘module/home/user/dgrp-1.9/driver/build’ faild
make[2]: *** [module/home/user/dgrp-1.9/driver/build] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory ‘/usr/src/linux-headers-4.15.0-20-generic’
Makefile:68: recipe for target ‘build’ failed
make[1]: *** [build] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory ‘/home/user/dgrp-1.9/driver/2.6.27’
Makefile:59: recipe for target ‘build’ failed
make: *** [build] Error 2
user@server:~/

Anyone have any suggestions on if its possible to make a small change to fix?

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https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/dgrp/

See my patches on the Arch Linux AUR.

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Hi,

We have the same problem on an ubuntu 18.04 server (Linux S18028 4.15.0-22-generic)

I don’t really understand how to use the patch, can you just send us some explaination ti use it and solved the problem, many thanks for your help.

Best regards,

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Email tech support and see if they will send you the newest Beta RealPort driver. I have it working on 18.04 myself.

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I was able to configure and make using these lines.

apt remove libssl-dev; apt autoremove
apt install build-essential libncurses5-dev libssl1.0-dev

wget ‘http://ftp1.digi.com/support/driver/81000137_Y.tgz’
tar -xzf 81000137_Y.tgz
cd dgrp-1.9
wget -O ‘0000-Kernel-4-13-CLASS_ATTR_STRING.patch’ ‘https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/plain/0000-Kernel-4-13-CLASS_ATTR_STRING.patch?h=dgrp’
patch -Nup1 -i ‘0000-Kernel-4-13-CLASS_ATTR_STRING.patch’

wget -O ‘0001-Kernel-4-15-timers.patch’ ‘https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/plain/0001-Kernel-4-15-timers.patch?h=dgrp’
patch -Nup1 -i ‘0001-Kernel-4-15-timers.patch’

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One can email tech support and ask for the newest beta driver. I have it working on Fedora 28 and Ubuntu 18.04

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I had the same problem. I updated the driver
to support Ubuntu 18.04. You can get my updated
version here:
https://github.com/pvrfr/dgrp-1.9.1