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zenpower/0.2.0 and kernel 6.16#53
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@Dany-Wilde
Dany-Wilde
opened on Aug 5, 2025

zenpower3 (zenpower/0.2.0) is not compatible with kernel 6.16 .
Here are the logs:

https://debian-facile.org/viewtopic.php?pid=432727#p432727

zenpower working on kernel 6.12
installation of kernel 6.16 :

Installation de :
linux-image-6.16.0-amd64

Sommaire :
Mise à niveau de : 0. Installation de : 1Supprimé : 0. Non mis à jour : 2
Taille du téléchargement : 0 B / 161 MB
Espace nécessaire : 258 MB / 67,4 GB disponible

Réception de : 1 /home/alain/compilation/linux-image-6.16.0-amd64_6.16-1_amd64.deb linux-image-6.16.0-amd64 amd64 6.16-1 [161 MB]
Sélection du paquet linux-image-6.16.0-amd64 précédemment désélectionné.
(Lecture de la base de données... 561270 fichiers et répertoires déjà installés.
)
Préparation du dépaquetage de .../linux-image-6.16.0-amd64_6.16-1_amd64.deb ...
Dépaquetage de linux-image-6.16.0-amd64 (6.16-1) ...
Paramétrage de linux-image-6.16.0-amd64 (6.16-1) ...
Sign command: /lib/modules/6.16.0-amd64/build/scripts/sign-file
Signing key: /var/lib/dkms/mok.key
Public certificate (MOK): /var/lib/dkms/mok.pub

Autoinstall of module virtualbox/7.1.12 for kernel 6.16.0-amd64 (x86_64)
Building module(s).... done.
Signing module /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/7.1.12/build/vboxdrv/vboxdrv.ko
Signing module /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/7.1.12/build/vboxnetadp/vboxnetadp.ko
Signing module /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/7.1.12/build/vboxnetflt/vboxnetflt.ko
Installing /lib/modules/6.16.0-amd64/updates/dkms/vboxdrv.ko.xz
Installing /lib/modules/6.16.0-amd64/updates/dkms/vboxnetadp.ko.xz
Installing /lib/modules/6.16.0-amd64/updates/dkms/vboxnetflt.ko.xz
Running depmod.... done.

Autoinstall of module zenpower/0.2.0 for kernel 6.16.0-amd64 (x86_64)
Building module(s)...(bad exit status: 2)
Failed command:
make -j24 KERNELRELEASE=6.16.0-amd64 TARGET=6.16.0-amd64 CFLAGS_MODULE+=

Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.16.0-amd64 (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/zenpower/0.2.0/build/make.log for more information.

Autoinstall on 6.16.0-amd64 succeeded for module(s) virtualbox.
Autoinstall on 6.16.0-amd64 failed for module(s) zenpower(10).

Error! One or more modules failed to install during autoinstall.
Refer to previous errors for more information.
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms exited with return code 1
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.16.0-amd64
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found background image: /usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-grub.png
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-6.16.0-amd64
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-6.16.0-amd64
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-6.12.38+deb13-amd64
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-6.12.38+deb13-amd64
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-6.12.37+deb13-amd64
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-6.12.37+deb13-amd64
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-6.12.33+deb13-amd64
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-6.12.33+deb13-amd64
Found memtest86+ 64bit EFI image: /boot/memtest86+x64.efi
Found memtest86+ 32bit EFI image: /boot/memtest86+ia32.efi
Found memtest86+ 64bit image: /boot/memtest86+x64.bin
Found memtest86+ 32bit image: /boot/memtest86+ia32.bin
Warning: os-prober will be executed to detect other bootable partitions.
Its output will be used to detect bootable binaries on them and create new boot
entries.
Found Windows Boot Manager on /dev/nvme1n1p1@/efi/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
Found Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm) on /dev/sdb2
Adding boot menu entry for UEFI Firmware Settings ...
done
dpkg: erreur de traitement du paquet linux-image-6.16.0-amd64 (--configure) :
le sous-processus paquet linux-image-6.16.0-amd64 script post-installation inst
allé a renvoyé un état de sortie d'erreur 1
Des erreurs ont été rencontrées pendant l'exécution :
linux-image-6.16.0-amd64
Notification : Le téléchargement est effectué en dehors du bac à sable en tant que superutilisateur car le fichier « /home/alain/compilation/linux-image-6.16.0-amd64_6.16-1_amd64.deb » n'est pas accessible par l'utilisateur « _apt ». - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission non accordée)
Erreur : Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

compilation of the zenpower module under kernel 6.16 :

@sid:~/Téléchargements/zenpower3$ sudo make dkms-install

dkms --version >> /dev/null
mkdir -p /usr/src/zenpower-0.2.0
cp /home/alain/Téléchargements/zenpower3/dkms.conf /usr/src/zenpower-0.2.0
cp /home/alain/Téléchargements/zenpower3/Makefile /usr/src/zenpower-0.2.0
cp /home/alain/Téléchargements/zenpower3/zenpower.c /usr/src/zenpower-0.2.0
sed -e "s/@CFLGS@//"
-e "s/@Version@/0.2.0/"
-i /usr/src/zenpower-0.2.0/dkms.conf
dkms add zenpower/0.2.0
Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/zenpower/0.2.0/source -> /usr/src/zenpower-0.2.0
dkms build zenpower/0.2.0
Sign command: /lib/modules/6.16.0-amd64/build/scripts/sign-file
Signing key: /var/lib/dkms/mok.key
Public certificate (MOK): /var/lib/dkms/mok.pub

Building module(s)...(bad exit status: 2)
Failed command:
make -j24 KERNELRELEASE=6.16.0-amd64 TARGET=6.16.0-amd64 CFLAGS_MODULE+=

Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.16.0-amd64 (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/zenpower/0.2.0/build/make.log for more information.
make: *** [Makefile:40: dkms-install] Error 10

logs :

sudo less /var/lib/dkms/zenpower/0.2.0/build/make.log

DKMS (dkms-3.2.0) make.log for zenpower/0.2.0 for kernel 6.16.0-amd64 (x86_64)
mar. 05 août 2025 02:15:28 CEST

Building module(s)

command: make -j24 KERNELRELEASE=6.16.0-amd64 TARGET=6.16.0-amd64 CFLAGS_MODULE+=

make[1] : on entre dans le répertoire « /usr/src/linux-headers-6.16.0-amd64 »
make[2] : on entre dans le répertoire « /var/lib/dkms/zenpower/0.2.0/build »
CC [M] zenpower.o
zenpower.c:38:10: fatal error: asm/amd_nb.h: Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce nom
38 | #include <asm/amd_nb.h>
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
make[4]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.16.0-amd64/scripts/Makefile.build:287: zenpower.o] Error 1
make[3]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.16.0-amd64/Makefile:2003: .] Error 2
make[2]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.16.0-amd64/Makefile:248: __sub-make] Error 2
make[2] : on quitte le répertoire « /var/lib/dkms/zenpower/0.2.0/build »
make[1]: *** [Makefile:248: __sub-make] Error 2
make[1] : on quitte le répertoire « /usr/src/linux-headers-6.16.0-amd64 »
make: *** [Makefile:27: modules] Error 2

exit code: 2

elapsed time: 00:00:01

/var/lib/dkms/zenpower/0.2.0/build/make.log (END)

modification of the offending line :

head -n 40 /var/lib/dkms/zenpower/0.2.0/build/zenpower.c

/*

  • Zenpower - Driver for reading temperature, voltage, current and power for AMD 17h CPUs
  • Copyright (c) 2018-2021 Anthony Wang
  • This driver is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  • modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License; either
  • version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  • This driver is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  • but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  • MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
  • See the GNU General Public License for more details.
  • You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  • along with this driver; if not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

*/

/*

#include <linux/hwmon.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/pci.h>
// #include <asm/amd_nb.h>

MODULE_DESCRIPTION("AMD ZEN family CPU Sensors Driver");

.../...

If this does not change anything under kernel 6.12,
it does not change anything under kernel 6.16 either.
Zenpower refuses to compile and install under the new kernel.

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