Missing usbip kernel modules on Oneiric

[Joril]

I can't get the usbip daemon to run on Oneiric:

> $ sudo usbipd
> usbip err: stub_driver.c: 33 (open_sysfs_stub_driver) usbip_common_mod.ko and usbip.ko must be loaded
>
> ** ERROR **: driver open failed
> aborting...
> Aborted
>
> $ modprobe usbip
> FATAL: Module usbip not found.

It looks like the kernel modules for usbip aren't included in linux-image... This used to work with Lucid, Maverick and Natty

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Jeff Strunk (jstrunk-math)]

this bug is a kernel configuration issue.

[Jeff Strunk (jstrunk-math)]

Previous versions of the linux-image-generic package included the usbip modules. The kernel package maintainers appear to have left it out in oneiric. The modules were definitely included in linux-image-2.6.38-11-generic.

[Jeff Strunk (jstrunk-math)]

I managed to compile the modules using the linux headers and linux-source packages. I had to modify the makefile.

$ apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`-generic linux-source-3.0.0
$ cd /usr/src/linux-source-3.0.0
$ tar -xjf linux-source-3.0.0.tar.bz2
$ cd /usr/src/linux-source-3.0.0/linux-source-3.0.0/drivers/staging/usbip

Add the following line to the beginning of the Makefile:
obj-m := usbip-core.o vhci-hcd.o usbip-host.o

$ make -C /usr/src/linux-headers-`uname -r` M=`pwd` modules
$ make -C /usr/src/linux-headers-`uname -r` M=`pwd` modules_install
$ depmod -a

[Jeff Strunk (jstrunk-math)]

My client system crashed when I ran 'usbip -a ...'. It stopped all i/o and didn't log anything. I guess that is another bug. It could be that my server system is running Maverick.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[lovejoy (lyq-0617)]

this bug also exists in quantal amd64