Ndiswrapper dkms build error on 5.16.8-zen1-1-zen

Hello, this is my system -

System:
Kernel: 5.16.7-zen1-1-zen x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=733f468d-fbc6-45d3-9342-5dbe48047967 rw rootflags=subvol=@
splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1 loglevel=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.24.0 tk: Qt 5.15.2 info: latte-dock wm: kwin_x11
vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: HP product: OMEN Laptop 15-en0xxx v: N/A
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: HP model: 8787 v: 22.54 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: AMI
v: F.07 date: 09/16/2020
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 65.4 Wh (100.0%) condition: 65.4/65.4 Wh (100.0%)
volts: 12.7 min: 11.6 model: Hewlett-Packard Primary type: Li-ion
serial: N/A status: Full cycles: 588
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Zen 2 family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 0x60 (96) stepping: 1
microcode: 0x8600103
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB desc: 8x512 KiB
L3: 8 MiB desc: 2x4 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2308 high: 3880 min/max: 1400/2900 boost: enabled
scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: performance cores: 1: 3659 2: 1613
3: 2668 4: 3880 5: 1405 6: 1900 7: 2258 8: 1566 9: 3747 10: 3846 11: 3104
12: 1402 13: 1397 14: 1570 15: 1493 16: 1428 bogomips: 92629
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass
mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
Type: spectre_v1
mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional,
IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU106M [GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile] vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: nvidia v: 510.47.03 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:1f15 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: AMD Renoir vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: amdgpu v: kernel
bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:1636 class-ID: 0300
Device-3: Luxvisions Innotech Limited HP Wide Vision HD Camera type: USB
driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 3-3:3 chip-ID: 30c9:000e class-ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.21.1.3 compositor: kwin_x11 driver:
loaded: amdgpu,nvidia display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1200 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1013x316mm (39.9x12.4")
s-diag: 1061mm (41.8")
Monitor-1: eDP res: 1920x1080 hz: 144 dpi: 142
size: 344x194mm (13.5x7.6") diag: 395mm (15.5")
Monitor-2: HDMI-1-0 res: 1920x1200 hz: 60 dpi: 94
size: 518x324mm (20.4x12.8") diag: 611mm (24.1")
OpenGL: renderer: AMD RENOIR (DRM 3.44.0 5.16.7-zen1-1-zen LLVM 13.0.0)
v: 4.6 Mesa 21.3.5 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU106 High Definition Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f9
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Raven/Raven2/FireFlight/Renoir Audio Processor
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_rn_pci_acp3x v: kernel
alternate: snd_pci_acp3x,snd_pci_acp5x,snd_pci_acp6x bus-ID: 06:00.5
chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
Device-3: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 06:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3
class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.16.7-zen1-1-zen running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: no
Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.45 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: r8169 v: kernel port: e000 bus-ID: 02:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 03:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:2723 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX200 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 3-4:4 chip-ID: 8087:0029 class-ID: e001
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down
bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes
address: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 953.87 GiB used: 210.43 GiB (22.1%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Micron
model: MTFDHBA1T0TDV-1AZ1AABHA size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
rev: HPS0032 temp: 40.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 300 GiB size: 300 GiB (100.00%) used: 52.19 GiB (17.4%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 260 MiB size: 256 MiB (98.46%)
used: 64.4 MiB (25.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 300 GiB size: 300 GiB (100.00%)
used: 52.19 GiB (17.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 300 GiB size: 300 GiB (100.00%)
used: 52.19 GiB (17.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 300 GiB size: 300 GiB (100.00%)
used: 52.19 GiB (17.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.06 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 54.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 54.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2929 fan-2: 2601
Info:
Processes: 461 Uptime: 22m wakeups: 1 Memory: 15.06 GiB
used: 7.17 GiB (47.6%) Init: systemd v: 250 tool: systemctl Compilers:
gcc: 11.1.0 clang: 13.0.1 Packages: pacman: 1642 lib: 383 Shell: fish
v: 3.3.1 default: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.12
Garuda (2.5.4-2):
System install date:     2022-02-09
Last full system update: 2022-02-10
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       tlp NetworkManager
Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify)
Snapshots:               Timeshift (maybe)
Failed units:            bluetooth-autoconnect.service nmb.service

After the new kernel update ndiswrapper dkms build fails
logs-

DKMS make.log for ndiswrapper-1.62 for kernel 5.16.8-zen1-1-zen (x86_64)
Thursday 10 February 2022 07:17:27 AM IST
make -C /usr/lib/modules/5.16.8-zen1-1-zen/build M=/var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/lib/modules/5.16.8-zen1-1-zen/build'
  MKEXPORT /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/crt_exports.h
  MKEXPORT /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/hal_exports.h
  MKEXPORT /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/ndis_exports.h
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/loader.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/iw_ndis.o
  MKEXPORT /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/ntoskernel_io_exports.h
  MKEXPORT /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/ntoskernel_exports.h
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/pe_linker.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/pnp.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/proc.o
  MKEXPORT /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/rtl_exports.h
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/wrapmem.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/wrapndis.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/wrapper.o
  MKEXPORT /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/usb_exports.h
  MKSTUBS /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/win2lin_stubs.h
  AS [M]  /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/lin2win.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/hal.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/rtl.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/crt.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/ntoskernel.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/ntoskernel_io.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/usb.o
/var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/lin2win.o: warning: objtool: lin2win0()+0x8: indirect call found in RETPOLINE build
/var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/lin2win.o: warning: objtool: lin2win1()+0xb: indirect call found in RETPOLINE build
/var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/lin2win.o: warning: objtool: lin2win2()+0xb: indirect call found in RETPOLINE build
/var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/lin2win.o: warning: objtool: lin2win3()+0xe: indirect call found in RETPOLINE build
/var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/lin2win.o: warning: objtool: lin2win4()+0x11: indirect call found in RETPOLINE build
/var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/lin2win.o: warning: objtool: lin2win5()+0x16: indirect call found in RETPOLINE build
/var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/lin2win.o: warning: objtool: lin2win6()+0x20: indirect call found in RETPOLINE build
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/ndis.o
  AS [M]  /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/win2lin_stubs.o
/var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/pe_linker.c: In function ‘fix_pe_image’:
/var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/pe_linker.c:420:17: error: too many arguments to function ‘__vmalloc’
  420 |         image = __vmalloc(image_size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_HIGHMEM,
      |                 ^~~~~~~~~
In file included from ./include/asm-generic/io.h:911,
                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/io.h:375,
                 from ./include/linux/scatterlist.h:9,
                 from ./include/linux/dma-mapping.h:10,
                 from ./include/linux/skbuff.h:31,
                 from ./include/net/net_namespace.h:39,
                 from ./include/linux/netdevice.h:37,
                 from /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/ntoskernel.h:25,
                 from /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/pe_linker.c:27:
./include/linux/vmalloc.h:153:14: note: declared here
  153 | extern void *__vmalloc(unsigned long size, gfp_t gfp_mask) __alloc_size(1);
      |              ^~~~~~~~~
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:287: /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/pe_linker.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
/var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/loader.c: In function ‘load_sys_files’:
/var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/loader.c:157:25: error: too many arguments to function ‘__vmalloc’
  157 |                         __vmalloc(load_driver->sys_files[i].size,
      |                         ^~~~~~~~~
In file included from ./include/asm-generic/io.h:911,
                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/io.h:375,
                 from ./include/linux/scatterlist.h:9,
                 from ./include/linux/dma-mapping.h:10,
                 from ./include/linux/skbuff.h:31,
                 from ./include/net/net_namespace.h:39,
                 from ./include/linux/netdevice.h:37,
                 from /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/ntoskernel.h:25,
                 from /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/ndis.h:19,
                 from /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/loader.c:16:
./include/linux/vmalloc.h:153:14: note: declared here
  153 | extern void *__vmalloc(unsigned long size, gfp_t gfp_mask) __alloc_size(1);
      |              ^~~~~~~~~
/var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/iw_ndis.c: In function ‘set_ndis_auth_mode’:
/var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/iw_ndis.c:702:39: warning: this statement may fall through [-Wimplicit-fallthrough=]
  702 |                 wnd->iw_auth_key_mgmt = IW_AUTH_KEY_MGMT_PSK;
/var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/iw_ndis.c:703:9: note: here
  703 |         case Ndis802_11AuthModeWPANone:
      |         ^~~~
/var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/ntoskernel.c: In function ‘ExAllocatePoolWithTag’:
/var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/ntoskernel.c:825:32: error: too many arguments to function ‘__vmalloc’
  825 |                         addr = __vmalloc(size, GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_HIGHMEM,
      |                                ^~~~~~~~~
In file included from ./include/asm-generic/io.h:911,
                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/io.h:375,
                 from ./include/linux/scatterlist.h:9,
                 from ./include/linux/dma-mapping.h:10,
                 from ./include/linux/skbuff.h:31,
                 from ./include/net/net_namespace.h:39,
                 from ./include/linux/netdevice.h:37,
                 from /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/ntoskernel.h:25,
                 from /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/ntoskernel.c:16:
./include/linux/vmalloc.h:153:14: note: declared here
  153 | extern void *__vmalloc(unsigned long size, gfp_t gfp_mask) __alloc_size(1);
      |              ^~~~~~~~~
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:287: /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/loader.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:287: /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build/ntoskernel.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [Makefile:1841: /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.62/build] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/lib/modules/5.16.8-zen1-1-zen/build'
make: *** [Makefile:183: modules] Error 2

Possibly ndiswrapper need to be updated for a change in 5.16.8, but the more pertinent question is why you have ndiswrapper installed in the first place? None of your network devices need it?

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I was trying out ndiswrapper and i had used it on Ubuntu, which is why i continued with it on Garuda also

OK, so just remove it. You don't need it.

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