Cannot compile on recent Ubuntu 16.04LTS 4.4.0 kernels about crystalhd HOT 6 CLOSED

Hey, sorry I've been a bit slack in maintaining it recently. I'll try and take a look at this when I can

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I'm experiencing the same issue.

Thank you for having been maintaining the driver!!

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Did you ever get a chance to look into this, and does it look fixable...?

Thanks!

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Did #23 not fix this for you, @MoTLD? It's building fine for me on Ubuntu 16.04LTS with 4.15.0 kernel.

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'Fraid not. And I'm not on 4.15.0, uname -a shows "Linux monstrosity 4.4.0-173-generic #203-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jan 15 02:55:01 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux" and I should be current with updates. Did you do something different to be on a newer kernel, or am I doing something wrong to be on an older one?

In any case, I still get the same errors I reported above.

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So, I did a little research and apparently I'm only on the 4.4 kernel because I've been using 16.04 since it came out (started with 14.04, actually) and Ubuntu LTS versions keep their original kernel series through upgrades. If I'd started with 16.04.2, for instance, I'd be on 4.8. But there's a method to upgrade the kernel and X server called HWE, which I installed and which brought me up to 4.15.

And the crystalhd driver now compiles and works fine! Thanks for your help, @dlenski!

I'm going to close this issue since I got things to work, but there is apparently still a problem compiling on 4.4 kernels. If anyone is stuck using a 4.4 kernel for whatever reason, they can reopen it (if you can do that) or open a new issue for it.

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