Build issue on 5.14 kernel / Rockylinux 9

[CykaBlyn]

Hi there,

I am stuck trying to install RT8814AU driver for my AWUS1900 WIFI card.

Here are the informations you can use to help me :

root@localhost#lsusb

Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:c821 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Bluetooth Radio
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:8813 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8814AU 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wireless Adapter

root@localhost#sh install-driver.sh

: ---------------------------
: install-driver.sh v20230227
: x86_64 (architecture)
: 4/4 (in-use/total processing units)
: 15889952 (total system memory)
: 5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4.x86_64 (kernel version)
: gcc (GCC) 11.4.1 20231218 (Red Hat 11.4.1-3)
: dkms-3.0.13
: SecureBoot disabled
: ---------------------------

Checking for previously installed drivers.
: ---------------------------

Starting installation.
Installing 8814au.conf to /etc/modprobe.d
The dkms installation routines are in use.
Copying source files to /usr/src/rtl8814au-5.8.5.1
Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/source -> /usr/src/rtl8814au-5.8.5.1
The driver was added to dkms successfully.
: ---------------------------
Sign command: /lib/modules/5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4.x86_64/build/scripts/sign-file
Signing key: /var/lib/dkms/mok.key
Public certificate (MOK): /var/lib/dkms/mok.pub

Building module:
Cleaning build area...
Building module(s).......(bad exit status: 2)
Failed command:
kernelver=5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4.x86_64 ./dkms-make.sh
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4.x86_64 (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/make.log for more information.
An error occurred. dkms build error: 10
Please report this error.
Please copy all screen output and paste it into the problem report.
Run the following before reattempting installation.
$ sudo ./remove-driver.sh

root@localhost#cat /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/make.log

DKMS make.log for rtl8814au-5.8.5.1 for kernel 5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4.x86_64 (x86_64)
Sun Aug 11 15:53:23 CEST 2024
make ARCH=x86_64 CROSS_COMPILE= -C /lib/modules/5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4.x86_64/build M=/var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/kernels/5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4.x86_64'
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/core/rtw_cmd.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/core/rtw_security.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/core/rtw_debug.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/core/rtw_io.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/core/rtw_ioctl_query.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/core/rtw_ioctl_set.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/core/rtw_ieee80211.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/core/rtw_mlme.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/core/rtw_mlme_ext.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/core/rtw_mi.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/core/rtw_wlan_util.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/core/rtw_vht.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/core/rtw_pwrctrl.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/core/rtw_rf.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/core/rtw_chplan.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/core/rtw_recv.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/core/rtw_sta_mgt.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/core/rtw_ap.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/core/mesh/rtw_mesh.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/core/mesh/rtw_mesh_pathtbl.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/core/mesh/rtw_mesh_hwmp.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/core/rtw_xmit.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/core/rtw_p2p.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/core/rtw_rson.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/core/rtw_tdls.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/core/rtw_br_ext.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/core/rtw_iol.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/core/rtw_sreset.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/core/rtw_btcoex_wifionly.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/core/rtw_btcoex.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/core/rtw_beamforming.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/core/rtw_odm.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/core/rtw_rm.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/core/rtw_rm_fsm.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/core/rtw_rm_util.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/core/efuse/rtw_efuse.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/os_dep/osdep_service.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/os_dep/linux/usb_intf.o
/var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/os_dep/osdep_service.c: In function ‘thread_exit’:
/var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/os_dep/osdep_service.c:1297:9: error: implicit declaration of function ‘complete_and_exit’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
1297 | complete_and_exit(comp, 0);
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/os_dep/linux/usb_ops_linux.o
/var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/os_dep/osdep_service.c: At top level:
cc1: note: unrecognized command-line option ‘-Wno-enum-int-mismatch’ may have been intended to silence earlier diagnostics
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:299: /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/os_dep/osdep_service.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
/var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c: In function ‘rtw_os_ndev_register’:
/var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:1907:9: error: too many arguments to function ‘netif_napi_add’
1907 | netif_napi_add(ndev, &adapter->napi, rtw_recv_napi_poll, RTL_NAPI_WEIGHT);
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In file included from /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/include/osdep_service_linux.h:31,
from /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/include/osdep_service.h:57,
from /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/include/drv_types.h:27,
from /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:17:
./include/linux/netdevice.h:2732:1: note: declared here
2732 | netif_napi_add(struct net_device *dev, struct napi_struct *napi,
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c: At top level:
cc1: note: unrecognized command-line option ‘-Wno-enum-int-mismatch’ may have been intended to silence earlier diagnostics
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:299: /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [Makefile:1936: /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/kernels/5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4.x86_64'
make: *** [Makefile:2395: modules] Error 2

root@localhost#uname -a

Linux localhost 5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Wed Jul 31 15:28:35 UTC 2024 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

root@localhost#cat /etc/rocky-release

Rocky Linux release 9.4 (Blue Onyx)

root@localhost#dkms status

rtl8814au/5.8.5.1: added

Same scenario when i try to manual install (make shows the same error output).

Let me know if you need more informations !

Thanks for your help.

[morrownr]

Hi @CykaBlyn

Unfortunately Rocky is based on RHEL and RHEL presents special problems in cases like this because API patches are selectively moved from where they are in mainline. I do not support RHEL because I don't have the time but I allow RHEL users to add code to these drivers if they show me they know what they are doing. The only driver here at this site that is ready for Rocky is:

https://github.com/morrownr/88x2bu-20210702

You do have some alternatives. We would need to look and see what drivers and firmware is included in Rocky but often drivers and firmware for the in-kernel drivers based on the mt7610u, mt7612u and mt7921au chips are included so it would be plug and Play. We would need to check and we can do that if you are interested.

[CykaBlyn]

This is the reply i was expecting, sadly.

I figured it out by using another OS (Ubuntu 24). Thanks for your reply ! If you need any help from a RHEL user (testing mostly), dont hesitate to ask :).