I have issues building the NVIDIA driver 615.71.09-1 nvidia-kmod on Rawhide for latest kernel version 7.3.0-0.rc3.260914g704340f1cd0d.32.fc46.x86_64, while it builds correctly for the earlier kernel version 7.3.0-0.rc0.260819gbd5f485f3f02.5.fc46.x86_64:
root@BigComputer:~# akmods --verbose --rebuild --force --kernels $(uname -r)
Checking kmods exist for 7.3.0-0.rc0.260819gbd5f485f3f02.5.fc46.x86_64 [ OK ]
Building and installing nvidia-kmod [ OK ]
root@BigComputer:~# akmods --verbose --rebuild --force --kernels 7.3.0-0.rc3.260914g704340f1cd0d.32.fc46.x86_64
Checking kmods exist for 7.3.0-0.rc3.260914g704340f1cd0d.32.fc46.x86_64 [ OK ]
Building and installing nvidia-kmod [FAILED]
Building rpms failed; see /var/cache/akmods/nvidia/615.71.09-1-for-7.3.0-0.rc3.260914g704340f1cd0d.32.fc46.x86_64.failed.log for details
Hint: Some kmods were ignored or failed to build or install.
You can try to rebuild and install them by by calling
'/usr/sbin/akmods --force' as root.
Looking at the akmods log file it shows the following errors:
2026/09/17 06:59:01 akmodsbuild: nvidia/os-interface.c: In function ‘os_dmem_cgroup_register_region’:
2026/09/17 06:59:01 akmodsbuild: nvidia/os-interface.c:3031:48: error: passing argument 1 of ‘dmem_cgroup_register_region’ makes pointer from integer without a cast [-Wint-conversion]
2026/09/17 06:59:01 akmodsbuild: 3031 | void *region = dmem_cgroup_register_region(size, name);
2026/09/17 06:59:01 akmodsbuild: | ^~~~
2026/09/17 06:59:01 akmodsbuild: | |
2026/09/17 06:59:01 akmodsbuild: | NvU64 {aka long long unsigned int}
2026/09/17 06:59:01 akmodsbuild: In file included from nvidia/os-interface.c:50:
2026/09/17 06:59:01 akmodsbuild: /usr/src/kernels/7.3.0-0.rc3.260914g704340f1cd0d.32.fc46.x86_64/include/linux/cgroup_dmem.h:49:60: note: expected ‘const struct dmem_cgroup_init *’ but argument is of type ‘NvU64’ {aka ‘long long unsigned int’}
2026/09/17 06:59:01 akmodsbuild: 49 | dmem_cgroup_register_region(const struct dmem_cgroup_init *init,
2026/09/17 06:59:01 akmodsbuild: | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~
2026/09/17 06:59:01 akmodsbuild: make[4]: *** [/usr/src/kernels/7.3.0-0.rc3.260914g704340f1cd0d.32.fc46.x86_64/scripts/Makefile.build:290: nvidia/os-interface.o] Error 1
2026/09/17 06:59:01 akmodsbuild: make[4]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
Which causes the build to fail:
2026/09/17 06:59:01 akmodsbuild: make[3]: *** [/usr/src/kernels/7.3.0-0.rc3.260914g704340f1cd0d.32.fc46.x86_64/Makefile:2265: .] Error 2
2026/09/17 06:59:01 akmodsbuild: make[2]: *** [/usr/src/kernels/7.3.0-0.rc3.260914g704340f1cd0d.32.fc46.x86_64/Makefile:248: __sub-make] Error 2
2026/09/17 06:59:01 akmodsbuild: make[1]: *** [Makefile:248: __sub-make] Error 2
2026/09/17 06:59:01 akmodsbuild: make: *** [Makefile:115: modules] Error 2
2026/09/17 06:59:01 akmodsbuild: error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.Zx7QQs (%build)
2026/09/17 06:59:01 akmodsbuild:
2026/09/17 06:59:01 akmodsbuild: RPM build errors:
2026/09/17 06:59:01 akmodsbuild: Unable to open current directory: Permission denied
2026/09/17 06:59:01 akmodsbuild: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.Zx7QQs (%build)
2026/09/17 06:59:01 akmodsbuild:
2026/09/17 06:59:06 akmods: Building rpms failed; see /var/cache/akmods/nvidia/615.71.09-1-for-7.3.0-0.rc3.260914g704340f1cd0d.32.fc46.x86_64.failed.log for details
If it builds correctly with 7.3.0-0.rc0 but it fails with 7.3.0-0.rc3, this is probably a regression, am I right? I tried looking for an alternative such as the open driver, but the instructions on the RPMFusion wiki seem to be slightly outdated, and the akmods-nvidia-open package in the nonfree-tainted repo is a few versions behind the rest. All my nvidia packages are on version 615.71.09-1, installationwise it looks good.
My knowledge to correct this error in the source code, unfortunately, is insufficient, so I guess I’ll be stuck on 7.3.0-0.rc0 for a while. Not a huge problem, but I thought it would be useful to share the situation. And I wonder: am I missing some important detail?
Greetings!
