error: unknown field ‘ndo_change_mtu’ specified in initializer (Install fails on CentOS7 - kernel 3.10.0-1160.80.1.el7.x86_64) about tn40xx-driver HOT 4 CLOSED

The current version does not support older older linux kernels. Maybe you can try your luck with commit 8809878 (which is the last one before support for kernels older than 3.16 was removed).

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I tryed also with CentOS8 - kernel 4.18-something...
The installer fails with:
Deprecated feature: REMAKE_INITRD

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Now I am trying with CentOS8 Stream - kernel 4.18.0-408.el8.x86_64

The installer fails with a lot of errors:
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DKMS make.log for tn40xx-004 for kernel 4.18.0-408.el8.x86_64 (x86_64)

Tue Dec 13 14:06:16 CET 2022
make: Entering directory '/usr/src/kernels/4.18.0-408.el8.x86_64'
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/tn40xx/004/build/tn40.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/tn40xx/004/build/CX4.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/tn40xx/004/build/CX4_Linux.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/tn40xx/004/build/QT2025_phy.o
/var/lib/dkms/tn40xx/004/build/tn40.c: In function ‘bdx_ethtool_ops’:
/var/lib/dkms/tn40xx/004/build/tn40.c:4097:19: error: initialization of ‘int (*)(struct net_device *, struct ethtool_coalesce *, struct kernel_ethtool_coalesce *, struct netlink_ext_ack )’ from incompatible pointer type ‘int ()(struct net_device *, struct ethtool_coalesce )’ [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
.get_coalesce = bdx_get_coalesce,
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/var/lib/dkms/tn40xx/004/build/tn40.c:4097:19: note: (near initialization for ‘bdx_ethtool_ops..get_coalesce’)
/var/lib/dkms/tn40xx/004/build/tn40.c:4098:19: error: initialization of ‘int ()(struct net_device *, struct ethtool_coalesce *, struct kernel_ethtool_coalesce *, struct netlink_ext_ack )’ from incompatible pointer type ‘int ()(struct net_device *, struct ethtool_coalesce )’ [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
.set_coalesce = bdx_set_coalesce,
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/var/lib/dkms/tn40xx/004/build/tn40.c:4098:19: note: (near initialization for ‘bdx_ethtool_ops..set_coalesce’)
/var/lib/dkms/tn40xx/004/build/tn40.c:4099:20: error: initialization of ‘void ()(struct net_device *, struct ethtool_ringparam *, struct kernel_ethtool_ringparam *, struct netlink_ext_ack )’ from incompatible pointer type ‘void ()(struct net_device *, struct ethtool_ringparam )’ [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
.get_ringparam = bdx_get_ringparam,
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/var/lib/dkms/tn40xx/004/build/tn40.c:4099:20: note: (near initialization for ‘bdx_ethtool_ops..get_ringparam’)
/var/lib/dkms/tn40xx/004/build/tn40.c:4100:20: error: initialization of ‘int ()(struct net_device *, struct ethtool_ringparam *, struct kernel_ethtool_ringparam *, struct netlink_ext_ack )’ from incompatible pointer type ‘int ()(struct net_device *, struct ethtool_ringparam *)’ [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
.set_ringparam = bdx_set_ringparam,
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/var/lib/dkms/tn40xx/004/build/tn40.c:4100:20: note: (near initialization for ‘bdx_ethtool_ops..set_ringparam’)
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/tn40xx/004/build/QT2025_phy_Linux.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/tn40xx/004/build/TLK10232_phy.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/tn40xx/004/build/TLK10232_phy_Linux.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/tn40xx/004/build/AQR105_phy.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/tn40xx/004/build/AQR105_phy_Linux.o
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
make[1]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:315: /var/lib/dkms/tn40xx/004/build/tn40.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make: *** [Makefile:1577: module/var/lib/dkms/tn40xx/004/build] Error 2
make: Leaving directory '/usr/src/kernels/4.18.0-408.el8.x86_64'
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bdx_[gs]et_ringparam fixed for old kernels in commit db4c74d included in release/tn40xx-006
bdx_[gs]et_coalesce fixed for old kernels in commit 06f728a, also included in release/tn40xx-006

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