-gcc-sections required

NVIDIA Open GPU Kernel Modules Version

550.78

Operating System and Version

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Kernel Release

6.8.9

Please confirm you are running a stable release kernel (e.g. not a -rc). We do not accept bug reports for unreleased kernels.

• I am running on a stable kernel release.

Build Command

ferran@z590i:~/Documents/PersonalPackages/open-gpu-kernel-modules$ make modules -j$(nproc)

Terminal output/Build Log

make -C src/nvidia
make -C src/nvidia-modeset
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/ferran/Documents/PersonalPackages/open-gpu-kernel-modules/src/nvidia'
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/ferran/Documents/PersonalPackages/open-gpu-kernel-modules/src/nvidia-modeset'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for 'default'.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/ferran/Documents/PersonalPackages/open-gpu-kernel-modules/src/nvidia-modeset'
cd kernel-open/nvidia-modeset/ && ln -sf ../../src/nvidia-modeset/_out/Linux_x86_64/nv-modeset-kernel.o nv-modeset-kernel.o_binary
[ nvidia ] LD _out/Linux_x86_64/nv-kernel.o
ld: --gc-sections requires a defined symbol root specified by -e or -u
make[1]: *** [Makefile:212: _out/Linux_x86_64/nv-kernel.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/ferran/Documents/PersonalPackages/open-gpu-kernel-modules/src/nvidia'
make: *** [Makefile:34: src/nvidia/_out/Linux_x86_64/nv-kernel.o] Error 2

More Info

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Reproduce the reported make modules -j$(nproc) build on the stated Ubuntu and kernel versions. Start with Makefile:212, Makefile:34, and the src/nvidia build output around _out/Linux_x86_64/nv-kernel.o; done means the modules build completes without the linker error.