I am trying to upgrade my kernel to 4.5 in Linux Mint 17.3, but I get the following error:
Makefile:666: Cannot use CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG: -fstack-protector-strong not supported by compiler
LD /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/built-in.o
MKEXPORT /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/crt_exports.h
MKEXPORT /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/hal_exports.h
MKEXPORT /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/ndis_exports.h
MKEXPORT /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/ntoskernel_exports.h
MKEXPORT /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/ntoskernel_io_exports.h
MKEXPORT /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/rtl_exports.h
MKEXPORT /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/usb_exports.h
MKSTUBS /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/win2lin_stubs.h
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/crt.o
gcc: error: unrecognized command line option ‘-fstack-protector-strong’
make[1]: *** [/var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/crt.o] Error 1
make: *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-4.5.0-040500-generic'
I have GCC version 4.8.4.
Following is the error after upgrading gcc to 4.9. I read somewhere that this is a bug?
DKMS make.log for ndiswrapper-1.59 for kernel 4.5.0-040500-generic (x86_64)
make: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-4.5.0-040500-generic'
LD /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/built-in.o
MKEXPORT /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/crt_exports.h
MKEXPORT /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/hal_exports.h
MKEXPORT /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/ndis_exports.h
MKEXPORT /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/ntoskernel_exports.h
MKEXPORT /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/ntoskernel_io_exports.h
MKEXPORT /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/rtl_exports.h
MKEXPORT /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/usb_exports.h
MKSTUBS /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/win2lin_stubs.h
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/crt.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/hal.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/iw_ndis.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/loader.o
/var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/loader.c: In function ‘load_sys_files’:
/var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/loader.c:157:4: error: implicit declaration of function ‘__vmalloc’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
__vmalloc(load_driver->sys_files[i].size,
^
/var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/loader.c:156:19: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
pe_image->image =
^
/var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/loader.c:207:5: error: implicit declaration of function ‘vfree’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
vfree(driver->pe_images[i].image);
^
/var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/loader.c: In function ‘add_bin_file’:
/var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/loader.c:298:2: error: implicit declaration of function ‘vmalloc’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
bin_file->data = vmalloc(driver_file->size);
^
/var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/loader.c:298:17: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
bin_file->data = vmalloc(driver_file->size);
^
/var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/loader.c: In function ‘wrapper_ioctl’:
/var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/loader.c:789:15: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
load_driver = vmalloc(sizeof(*load_driver));
^
/var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/loader.c: In function ‘wrapper_ioctl_compat’:
/var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/loader.c:884:11: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
kdriver = vmalloc(sizeof(*kdriver));
^
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
make[1]: *** [/var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/loader.o] Error 1
make: *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-4.5.0-040500-generic'