rtl8812au-dkms 4.3.8.12175.20140902+dfsg-0ubuntu7: rtl8812au kernel module failed to build [error: ‘_timer {aka struct timer_list}’ has no member named ‘data’]

[giuseppe di fede]

it doesn't work on ubuntu 18.04

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: rtl8812au-dkms 4.3.8.12175.20140902+dfsg-0ubuntu8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-22.24-generic 4.15.17
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-22-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.1
Architecture: amd64
DKMSKernelVersion: 4.15.0-22-generic
Date: Sat Jun 2 14:50:25 2018
DuplicateSignature: dkms:rtl8812au-dkms:4.3.8.12175.20140902+dfsg-0ubuntu7:/var/lib/dkms/rtl8812au/4.3.8.12175.20140902+dfsg/build/include/osdep_service_linux.h:256:8: error: ‘_timer {aka struct timer_list}’ has no member named ‘data’
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-04-13 (414 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215.2)
PackageArchitecture: all
PackageVersion: 4.3.8.12175.20140902+dfsg-0ubuntu7
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.5, python3-minimal, 3.6.5-3
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.15rc1, python-minimal, 2.7.15~rc1-1
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu2
 apt 1.6.1
SourcePackage: rtl8812au
Title: rtl8812au-dkms 4.3.8.12175.20140902+dfsg-0ubuntu7: rtl8812au kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-05-27 (5 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Julio Lajara (ju2wheels)]

Round 3 with this driver breaking on a kernel update. I found a similar bug that was fixed in this package https://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4798 (wl-kmod). If you go to the link in the second comment and download the source RPM, it contains a timer patch for kernel 4.15 .

Still trying to figure out how to translate that patch into something thats usable in this driver.

[John Zaazouh (jzaazouh)]

Once again the latest "update" this time on 8/8/18 broke the rtl8812au packages.

[Simon Durkee (spdurkee)]

Also doesn't work with ubuntu 16.04

Unpacking rtl8812au-dkms (4.3.8.12175.20140902+dfsg-0ubuntu2) over (4.3.8.12175.20140902+dfsg-0ubuntu2) ...
Setting up rtl8812au-dkms (4.3.8.12175.20140902+dfsg-0ubuntu2) ...
Loading new rtl8812au-4.3.8.12175.20140902+dfsg DKMS files...
Building only for 4.15.0-32-generic
Building initial module for 4.15.0-32-generic
ERROR: Cannot create report: [Errno 17] File exists: '/var/crash/rtl8812au-dkms.0.crash'
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 4.15.0-32-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/rtl8812au/4.3.8.12175.20140902+dfsg/build/make.log for more information.

DKMS make.log for rtl8812au-4.3.8.12175.20140902+dfsg for kernel 4.15.0-32-generic (x86_64)
Sun Aug 19 13:44:45 EDT 2018
make ARCH=x86_64 CROSS_COMPILE= -C /lib/modules/4.15.0-32-generic/build M=/var/lib/dkms/rtl8812au/4.3.8.12175.20140902+dfsg/build modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.15.0-32-generic'
Makefile:976: "Cannot use CONFIG_STACK_VALIDATION=y, please install libelf-dev, libelf-devel or elfutils-libelf-devel"
  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/rtl8812au/4.3.8.12175.20140902+dfsg/build/core/rtw_cmd.o
In file included from /var/lib/dkms/rtl8812au/4.3.8.12175.20140902+dfsg/build/include/osdep_service.h:41:0,
                 from /var/lib/dkms/rtl8812au/4.3.8.12175.20140902+dfsg/build/include/drv_types.h:32,
                 from /var/lib/dkms/rtl8812au/4.3.8.12175.20140902+dfsg/build/core/rtw_cmd.c:22:
/var/lib/dkms/rtl8812au/4.3.8.12175.20140902+dfsg/build/include/osdep_service_linux.h: In function ‘_init_timer’:
/var/lib/dkms/rtl8812au/4.3.8.12175.20140902+dfsg/build/include/osdep_service_linux.h:253:8: error: ‘_timer {aka struct timer_list}’ has no member named ‘data’
  ptimer->data = (unsigned long)cntx;
        ^
/var/lib/dkms/rtl8812au/4.3.8.12175.20140902+dfsg/build/include/osdep_service_linux.h:254:2: error: implicit declaration of function ‘init_timer’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
  init_timer(ptimer);
  ^
In file included from /var/lib/dkms/rtl8812au/4.3.8.12175.20140902+dfsg/build/include/drv_types.h:32:0,
                 from /var/lib/dkms/rtl8812au/4.3.8.12175.20140902+dfsg/build/core/rtw_cmd.c:22:
/var/lib/dkms/rtl8812au/4.3.8.12175.20140902+dfsg/build/include/osdep_service.h: In function ‘thread_enter’:
/var/lib/dkms/rtl8812au/4.3.8.12175.20140902+dfsg/build/include/osdep_service.h:343:2: error: implicit declaration of function ‘allow_signal’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
  allow_signal(SIGTERM);
  ^
/var/lib/dkms/rtl8812au/4.3.8.12175.20140902+dfsg/build/include/osdep_service.h: In function ‘flush_signals_thread’:
/var/lib/dkms/rtl8812au/4.3.8.12175.20140902+dfsg/build/include/osdep_service.h:353:6: error: implicit declaration of function ‘signal_pending’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
  if (signal_pending (current))
      ^
/var/lib/dkms/rtl8812au/4.3.8.12175.20140902+dfsg/build/include/osdep_service.h:355:3: error: implicit declaration of function ‘flush_signals’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
   flush_signals(current);
   ^
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
scripts/Makefile.build:332: recipe for target...