Add support for Linux 5.0-5.2

[Alberto Milone]

Backport the compatibility patches available in 19.10.

SRU Request:

[Impact]
Linux 5.0 is not supported by nvidia-driver-340 in bionic.

[Test Case]
1) Enable the -proposed repository, and install the new 340 NVIDIA driver (340.107-0ubuntu0.16.04.3).

2) Check that the kernel module can be built against the new kernel.

3) Restart your computer, and see if everything works correctly when
accessing the desktop.

[Regression Potential]
Low. The update only fixes build issues with Linux versions 5.0 - 5.2.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Hello Alberto, or anyone else affected,

Accepted nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 into bionic-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-340/340.107-0ubuntu0.18.04.3 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from verification-needed-bionic to verification-done-bionic. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-bionic. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

[Doug Brown (macg3)]

I installed the new proposed 340.107-0ubuntu0.18.04.3 version, and now nvidia-340 properly builds and works for me on kernel 5.0.0 in Ubuntu 18.04. Thanks!

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 - 340.107-0ubuntu0.18.04.3

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nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 (340.107-0ubuntu0.18.04.3) bionic; urgency=medium

  * debian/templates/dkms_nvidia.conf.in:
    debian/patches/buildfix_kernel_5.0.patch,
    debian/patches/buildfix_kernel_5.2.patch,
    debian/patches/use-kmem_cache_create_usercopy-on-4.16.patch:
    - Backport kernel compatibility fixes (LP: #1837834).

 -- Alberto Milone <email address hidden> Thu, 25 Jul 2019 07:06:45 +0200

[Andy Whitcroft (apw)]

The verification of the Stable Release Update for nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.