"binutils"/Kernel 6.5.X - "Invalid --compress-debug-sections option: `zstd'"

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I’m trying to build a driver for a USB to HDMI adapter…

Bus 001 Device 010: ID 534d:6021 MacroSilicon VGA Display Adapter

NOTE: “lsusb” output.

… but this error is occurring…

Fatal error: Invalid --compress-debug-sections option: `zstd'

…as can be seen in the full output below…

[eduardolac@eduardolac-pc ms912x]$ make all -j
make CHECK="/usr/bin/sparse" -C /lib/modules/6.5.5-1-MANJARO/build M=/home/eduardolac/Data1/Temp/20231016.1224.0/ms912x modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/lib/modules/6.5.5-1-MANJARO/build'
  CC [M]  /home/eduardolac/Data1/Temp/20231016.1224.0/ms912x/ms912x_registers.o
  CC [M]  /home/eduardolac/Data1/Temp/20231016.1224.0/ms912x/ms912x_connector.o
  CC [M]  /home/eduardolac/Data1/Temp/20231016.1224.0/ms912x/ms912x_transfer.o
  CC [M]  /home/eduardolac/Data1/Temp/20231016.1224.0/ms912x/ms912x_drv.o
Assembler messages:
Fatal error: Invalid --compress-debug-sections option: `zstd'
make[3]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:243: /home/eduardolac/Data1/Temp/20231016.1224.0/ms912x/ms912x_connector.o] Error 1
make[3]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
Assembler messages:
Fatal error: Invalid --compress-debug-sections option: `zstd'
make[3]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:243: /home/eduardolac/Data1/Temp/20231016.1224.0/ms912x/ms912x_registers.o] Error 1
Assembler messages:
Fatal error: Invalid --compress-debug-sections option: `zstd'
make[3]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:243: /home/eduardolac/Data1/Temp/20231016.1224.0/ms912x/ms912x_transfer.o] Error 1
Assembler messages:
Fatal error: Invalid --compress-debug-sections option: `zstd'
make[3]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:243: /home/eduardolac/Data1/Temp/20231016.1224.0/ms912x/ms912x_drv.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [/usr/lib/modules/6.5.5-1-MANJARO/build/Makefile:2034: /home/eduardolac/Data1/Temp/20231016.1224.0/ms912x] Error 2
make[1]: *** [Makefile:234: __sub-make] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/lib/modules/6.5.5-1-MANJARO/build'
make: *** [Makefile:15: modules] Error 2

The “ld” available on my system does not support the “zstd” option for the “compress-debug-sections” parameter…

[eduardolac@eduardolac-pc ms912x]$ ld --help | grep "compress-debug-sections"
  --compress-debug-sections=[none|zlib|zlib-gnu|zlib-gabi]

… but the “binutils” package (which contains “ld”) that I have installed on my OS is version 2.41-3, which according to this documentation
( GNU Binary Utilities ) already supports the “zstd” option for the “compress-debug-sections” parameter.

The Kernel I have installed is 6.5.X .

Please help me with this. :eyes:

Thanks! :hugs:

Further…

https://askubuntu.com/a/1488791/134723

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Odd. Here its there:

$ pacman -Qo ld
/usr/bin/ld is owned by binutils 2.41-3

$ ld --help | grep "compress-debug-sections"
  --compress-debug-sections=[none|zlib|zlib-gnu|zlib-gabi|zstd]

Maybe you can print out the binutils you have:

pacman -Qi binutils
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Certainly @cscs !

[eduardolac@eduardolac-pc ~]$ pacman -Qi binutils
Name            : binutils
Version         : 2.41-3
Description     : A set of programs to assemble and manipulate binary and object files
Architecture    : x86_64
URL             : https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/
Licenses        : GPL3  GPL  FDL1.3  custom:FSFAP
Groups          : None
Provides        : libctf.so=0-64  libgprofng.so=0-64  libsframe.so=1-64
Depends On      : glibc  jansson  libelf  zlib  zstd
Optional Deps   : debuginfod: for debuginfod server/client functionality [installed]
Required By     : debtap  gcc  gcc11  gcc12  mkinitcpio
Optional For    : bauh  inxi
Conflicts With  : binutils-multilib
Replaces        : binutils-multilib
Installed Size  : 40,87 MiB
Packager        : Frederik Schwan <freswa@archlinux.org>
Build Date      : sex 04 ago 2023 12:39:55
Install Date    : seg 11 set 2023 10:41:51
Install Reason  : Explicitly installed
Install Script  : No
Validated By    : Signature

PLUS: if I use Kernel 6.6 (“linux-amd-drm-fixes” and “linux-amd-drm-fixes-headers” packages in Manjaro), I can build “ms912x”… :eyes:

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Yeah, that looks to be the one, and it even depends on zstd …
Maybe if we meditate on it a bit …

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Om mani padme hum … Om mani padme hum …
Om mani padme hum … Om … hmm, … donuts!

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I discovered something curious…

The “ld --version” says Binutils 2.38, but the Binutils I have installed is 2.41-3…

[eduardolac@eduardolac-pc ms912x]$ ld --version
GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.38
Copyright (C) 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program is free software; you may redistribute it under the terms of
the GNU General Public License version 3 or (at your option) a later version.
This program has absolutely no warranty.

:eyes::eyes::eyes:

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What is the output of:

sudo pacman -Qi binutils

:grey_question:

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The problem occurs because the “ld” binary used in my case, for some reason, was provided by “Homebrew”…

[eduardolac@eduardolac-pc ms912x]$ pacman -Qo ld
error: No package owns /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/ld

So the solution, for me, was to remove “Homebrew”, as I wasn’t using it for anything…

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/uninstall.sh)"

And as a precaution I reinstalled binutils…

yay -Rdd binutils
yay -S binutils

So finally, just open and close the terminal and voilà…

[eduardolac@eduardolac-pc ~]$ ld --version
GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.41.0
Copyright (C) 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program is free software; you may redistribute it under the terms of
the GNU General Public License version 3 or (at your option) a later version.
This program has absolutely no warranty.

Thanks! :kissing_heart:

[Ref(s).: https://stackoverflow.com/a/64722984/3223785 ]

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The shortcut to the solution would then have been

which ld

Of course you have to know that you have made changes to system path - but you would know right?

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