That's a bug in the lirc-nct677x-src package. This is how you build and install the driver:
$ sudo dkms add -m lirc-nct677x-src -v 1.0.4-ubuntu9.10
$ sudo dkms build -m lirc-nct677x-src -v 1.0.4-ubuntu9.10
$ sudo dkms install -m lirc-nct677x-src -v 1.0.4-ubuntu9.10
If you removed the patch, you should successfully be able to run:
$ sudo modprobe lirc_wb677
Verify that the module loaded by:
$ sudo dmesg | tail
That's a bug in the lirc-nct677x-src package. This is how you build and install the driver:
$ sudo dkms add -m lirc-nct677x-src -v 1.0.4-ubuntu9.10
$ sudo dkms build -m lirc-nct677x-src -v 1.0.4-ubuntu9.10
$ sudo dkms install -m lirc-nct677x-src -v 1.0.4-ubuntu9.10
If you removed the patch, you should successfully be able to run:
$ sudo modprobe lirc_wb677
Verify that the module loaded by:
$ sudo dmesg | tail