Error with 4.8 kernel from linux-generic-hwe-16.04-edge package for Xenial [error: ‘struct net_device’ has no member named ‘gso_min_segs’]

[Teg]

When installing this package in Ubuntu 16.04 under the 4.8 kernel (linux-generic-hwe-16.04-edge), this error message happens:

DKMS make.log for r8168-8.042.00 for kernel 4.8.0-30-generic (x86_64)
Tue Dec 6 21:36:08 EST 2016
make: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.8.0-30-generic'
  LD /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.042.00/build/built-in.o
  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.042.00/build/r8168_n.o
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.042.00/build/r8168_n.c: In function ‘rtl8168_init_one’:
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.042.00/build/r8168_n.c:22799:28: error: ‘struct net_device’ has no member named ‘gso_min_segs’
                         dev->gso_min_segs = NIC_MIN_PHYS_BUF_COUNT;
                            ^
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.042.00/build/r8168_n.c:22807:28: error: ‘struct net_device’ has no member named ‘gso_min_segs’
                         dev->gso_min_segs = NIC_MIN_PHYS_BUF_COUNT;
                            ^
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.042.00/build/r8168_n.c: In function ‘rtl8168_start_xmit’:
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.042.00/build/r8168_n.c:24969:12: error: ‘struct net_device’ has no member named ‘trans_start’
         dev->trans_start = jiffies;
            ^
scripts/Makefile.build:289: recipe for target '/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.042.00/build/r8168_n.o' failed
make[1]: *** [/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.042.00/build/r8168_n.o] Error 1
Makefile:1489: recipe for target '_module_/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.042.00/build' failed
make: *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.042.00/build] Error 2
make: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.8.0-30-generic'

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[zEn (der-eremit)]

I can confirm that installing the package from zesty works with hwe-kernel 4.10.0

[Andreas Beckmann (anbe)]

fixed in 8.042.00-2