Hello everyone,
I have a USB WiFi adapter based on the RTL 8814au chip. A GitHub community maintains its unofficial driver. Compiling it under the previous version of TrueNas Scale 22.12.xx.xx was absolutely no problem. And WiFi card had been working pretty well until I updated to the newest version TrueNas Cobia (23.10.xx.xx) with kernel 6.1.63. I had to recompile the driver, I pulled the newest one with the support of the latest kernel. However, during compilation, I got an error. Unfortunately, the main maintainer of the code is not familiar with TrueNas he suggested posting a question to this forum.
Below is the error I got:
I know that it is not recommended to install apps in this way. But it is not for a production server, it is just my home backup server and I was absolutely happy with its network performance being connected to the Internet via wifi.
I have a USB WiFi adapter based on the RTL 8814au chip. A GitHub community maintains its unofficial driver. Compiling it under the previous version of TrueNas Scale 22.12.xx.xx was absolutely no problem. And WiFi card had been working pretty well until I updated to the newest version TrueNas Cobia (23.10.xx.xx) with kernel 6.1.63. I had to recompile the driver, I pulled the newest one with the support of the latest kernel. However, during compilation, I got an error. Unfortunately, the main maintainer of the code is not familiar with TrueNas he suggested posting a question to this forum.
Below is the error I got:
Code:
root@truenas-bk[~/8814au]# cat /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/make.log DKMS make.log for rtl8814au-5.8.5.1 for kernel 6.1.63-production+truenas (x86_64) make ARCH=x86_64 CROSS_COMPILE= -C /lib/modules/6.1.63-production+truenas/build M=/var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build modules make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.1.63-production+truenas' 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_cmd.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 CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/os_dep/linux/usb_ops_linux.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/os_dep/linux/ioctl_linux.o /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c: In function 'rtw_ndev_destructor': /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:4208:19: error: 'struct net_device' has no member named 'ieee80211_ptr'; did you mean 'ieee802154_ptr'? 4208 | if (ndev->ieee80211_ptr) | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ieee802154_ptr In file included 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: /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:4209:39: error: 'struct net_device' has no member named 'ieee80211_ptr'; did you mean 'ieee802154_ptr'? 4209 | rtw_mfree((u8 *)ndev->ieee80211_ptr, sizeof(struct wireless_dev)); | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/include/osdep_service.h:276:53: note: in definition of macro 'rtw_mfree' 276 | #define rtw_mfree(pbuf, sz) _rtw_mfree((pbuf), (sz)) | ^~~~ 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:250: /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.o] Error 1 make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... make[1]: *** [Makefile:2015: /var/lib/dkms/rtl8814au/5.8.5.1/build] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.1.63-production+truenas' make: *** [Makefile:2404: modules] Error 2
I know that it is not recommended to install apps in this way. But it is not for a production server, it is just my home backup server and I was absolutely happy with its network performance being connected to the Internet via wifi.