[Bug 2100652] Re: evdi-dkms FTBFS in Plucky with 6.14 kernel

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This bug was fixed in the package evdi - 1.14.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1

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evdi (1.14.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1) plucky; urgency=medium

  * Support Linux 6.14 (LP: #2100652)
    - 0001-Remove-driver-date-from-struct-drm_driver-linux-6.14.patch
  * Change maintainer to Ubuntu Developers

 -- Massimiliano Pellizzer <massimiliano.pellizzer at canonical.com>  Sat,
01 Mar 2025 08:53:17 +0100

** Changed in: evdi (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Fix Released

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Title:
  evdi-dkms FTBFS in Plucky with 6.14 kernel

Status in evdi package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  [Impact]

  evdi-dkms does not compile from source in Plucky with kernel 6.14:

  evdi_drm_drv.c:150:10: error: ‘struct drm_driver’ has no member named ‘date’
    150 |         .date = DRIVER_DATE,
        |          ^~~~

  In file included from evdi_drm_drv.c:32:
  evdi_platform_drv.h:28:23: error: initialization of ‘unsigned int’ from ‘char *’ makes integer from pointer without a cast [-Wint-conversion]
     28 | #define DRIVER_DATE   "20241216"
        |                       ^~~~~~~~~~
  evdi_drm_drv.c:150:17: note: in expansion of macro ‘DRIVER_DATE’
    150 |         .date = DRIVER_DATE,
        |                 ^~~~~~~~~~~
  evdi_platform_drv.h:28:23: note: (near initialization for ‘driver.driver_features’)
     28 | #define DRIVER_DATE   "20241216"
        |                       ^~~~~~~~~~
  evdi_drm_drv.c:150:17: note: in expansion of macro ‘DRIVER_DATE’
    150 |         .date = DRIVER_DATE,
        |                 ^~~~~~~~~~~

  [ Test case ]

  Verify that Plucky is running on 6.14 kernel:
  $ uname -r
  6.14.0-X-generic

  Install evdi-dkms:

  $ sudo apt install evdi-dkms

  Load the module:

  $ sudo modprobe evdi

  [Fix]

  Patch the code to properly support Linux 6.14.

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