usbipd in latest usbip package expects outdated modules

[Michael Wood]

It looks like the usbip package is very outdated and expects old kernel modules:

root@ubuntu64:~# lsmod | grep usbip
usbip_host 28672 0
usbip_core 36864 1 usbip_host
root@ubuntu64:~# usbipd -D
usbip err: stub_driver.c: 33 (open_sysfs_stub_driver) usbip_common_mod.ko and usbip.ko must be loaded

** (process:6599): ERROR **: driver open failed
Trace/breakpoint trap (core dumped)
root@ubuntu64:~#

See also https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/900384/comments/10

root@ubuntu64:~# lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 16.10
Release: 16.10
root@ubuntu64:~# apt-cache policy usbip
usbip:
  Installed: 0.1.7-3
  Candidate: 0.1.7-3
  Version table:
 *** 0.1.7-3 500
        500 http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

I expected usbipd -D to run without errors.

usbipd crashed with an error about not being able to find outdated usbip kernel modules. strace outputs this right before the error message:

lstat("/sys/bus/usb/drivers/usbip", 0x7fff1240bb40) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: usbip 0.1.7-3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-22.24-generic 4.8.0
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-22-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Jan 8 13:41:09 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-01-08 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.2)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_ZA:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_ZA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: usbip
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Michael Wood (mwood)]

This was in VirtualBox with the guest extensions installed, but the results are the same without the guest extensions installed.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[dino99 (9d9)]

ubuntu package (bionic) is from 2009 !!!!
but Debian have a recent version:
http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/main/l/linux/linux_4.15.4-1_changelog

Please sync

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

the usbip source is now removed from 18.04 LTS. reassigning to the kernel package

[Seth Forshee (sforshee)]

I believe this should be fixed, as usbipd is now shipped in the linux-tools package and should thus always be up to date with respect to the installed kernel(s). Marking this fixed, please reopen the bug if you still see problems. Thanks!