Bug#977262: linux-image-5.9.0-4-amd64: nvidia-kernel cannot be built any more

[Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>]

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On Sun, Dec 13, 2020 at 11:47:59AM +0100, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote:
> Package: src:linux
> Version: 5.9.9-1
> Severity: important
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> when upgrading from linux-image-5.9.0-3-amd64 to *-5.9.0-4-amd64 and
> its headers, it is not possible to build the required kernel module
> for the nividia-packages. This includes latest legacy versions
> "340xx" as well as "390xx". 
> 
> So it is not possible, to use hardware acceleration with graphic
> cards which need these packages.
> 
> I believe, the problem is kernel related, as the nvidia-packages
> were not updated and they still build fine on
> linux-image-5.9.0-3-amd64 (the version, I am running at the moment).
> 
> It would be nice, if you could take a lokk at that, as I believe,
> there are lots of hardware like notebooks, where you can not
> exchange the graphics card easily, if not at all.

Thanks for the report.

Can you post your make.log from the build? (Should be below
/var/lib/dkms/nvidia-legacy-340xx/340.108/build/make.log respectively
patch adapted for the 390xx packages).

I suspect this will be the same as #976056

Regards,
Salvatore