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NI-Sync 2023 Q4 Bug Fixes

Created Oct 12, 2023

Overview

The following items are notable issues fixed between the release of NI-Sync 2023 Q1 and NI-Sync 2023 Q4, including additional patches and service packs. If you have an issue ID, you can search this list to validate that the issue has been fixed. This is not an exhaustive list of issues fixed in the current version of NI-Sync.

Bug Number

Legacy ID

Description

Details
2457461, 2467958, 2492765

NI-Sync fails to install on RHEL 8.8 and RHEL 9.2

In the installation process for the ni-sync package at the "dkms autoinstall" step, it fails with a message such as:

dkms autoinstall on 4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8.x86_64/x86_64 failed for ni-sync-pxi6683(10)

Workaround:

Make the following changes: 

in /var/lib/dkms/ni-sync-pxi6683/23.0/source/src/Makefile

Replace line 127 (empty line), with:

ifneq ($(shell grep -s "netif_napi_add_weight" $(KERNELDIR)/include/linux/netdevice.h),)
EXTRA_CFLAGS += -DNETDEVICE_H_HAS_NETIF_NAPI_ADD_WEIGHT
endif
# Get lines between "(*set_termios)(" and ";)" with awk then grep to see if old pointer is const in serial core's definition of set_termios
ifneq ($(shell awk "/\(\*set_termios\)\(/, /\);/" $(KERNELDIR)/include/linux/serial_core.h | grep "const struct ktermios \*old"),)
EXTRA_CFLAGS += -DSERIAL_CORE_H_SET_TERMIOS_HAS_CONST_STRUCT_POINTER_OLD
endif


in /var/lib/dkms/ni-sync-pxi6683/23.0/source/src/nisync_enet.c

Replace line 1687:
netif_napi_add(ndev, &edev->napi, nisync_napi_poll, 64);
with:
#ifdef NETDEVICE_H_HAS_NETIF_NAPI_ADD_WEIGHT
netif_napi_add_weight(ndev, &edev->napi, nisync_napi_poll, 64);
#else
netif_napi_add(ndev, &edev->napi, nisync_napi_poll, 64);
#endif


in /var/lib/dkms/ni-sync-pxi6683/23.0/source/src/nisync_tns_main.c

Replace lines 2144-2145:
static void nisync_gps_uart_set_termios(struct uart_port *port,
                  struct ktermios *termios, struct ktermios *old)

with:
static void nisync_gps_uart_set_termios(
struct uart_port *port,
struct ktermios *termios,
#ifdef SERIAL_CORE_H_SET_TERMIOS_HAS_CONST_STRUCT_POINTER_OLD
const struct ktermios *old)
#else
struct ktermios *old)
#endif

Reported Version:

NI-Sync 2023 Q1

Resolved Version:

NI-Sync 2023 Q4

Added:

N/A

Additional Patch Information

Installing some patches may require certain additional steps or considerations. Please refer to the following table for more information about patches for this release.

These patches currently do not have any special instructions.

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