Build errors on kali 2018.1

[sebdooris]

uname -a

Linux error 4.15.0-kali2-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.15.11-1kali1 (2018-03-21) x86_64 GNU/Linux

receiving the following build errors.

/root/SHD/WIFI/rtl8812au/include/osdep_service_linux.h:277:8: error: ‘_timer {aka struct timer_list}’ has no member named ‘data’
ptimer->data = (unsigned long)cntx;
^~
/root/SHD/WIFI/rtl8812au/include/osdep_service_linux.h:278:2: error: implicit declaration of function ‘init_timer’; did you mean ‘_init_timer’? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
init_timer(ptimer);
^~~~~~~~~~
_init_timer

Full make log below

make DEBUG=1

make ARCH=x86_64 CROSS_COMPILE= -C /lib/modules/4.15.0-kali2-amd64/build M=/root/SHD/WIFI/rtl8812au modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.15.0-kali2-amd64'
CC [M] /root/SHD/WIFI/rtl8812au/core/rtw_cmd.o
In file included from /root/SHD/WIFI/rtl8812au/include/osdep_service.h:41:0,
from /root/SHD/WIFI/rtl8812au/include/drv_types.h:32,
from /root/SHD/WIFI/rtl8812au/core/rtw_cmd.c:22:
/root/SHD/WIFI/rtl8812au/include/osdep_service_linux.h: In function ‘_init_timer’:
/root/SHD/WIFI/rtl8812au/include/osdep_service_linux.h:277:8: error: ‘_timer {aka struct timer_list}’ has no member named ‘data’
ptimer->data = (unsigned long)cntx;
^~
/root/SHD/WIFI/rtl8812au/include/osdep_service_linux.h:278:2: error: implicit declaration of function ‘init_timer’; did you mean ‘_init_timer’? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
init_timer(ptimer);
^~~~~~~~~~
_init_timer
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
/usr/src/linux-headers-4.15.0-kali2-common/scripts/Makefile.build:329: recipe for target '/root/SHD/WIFI/rtl8812au/core/rtw_cmd.o' failed
make[4]: *** [/root/SHD/WIFI/rtl8812au/core/rtw_cmd.o] Error 1
/usr/src/linux-headers-4.15.0-kali2-common/Makefile:1528: recipe for target 'module/root/SHD/WIFI/rtl8812au' failed
make[3]: *** [module/root/SHD/WIFI/rtl8812au] Error 2
Makefile:146: recipe for target 'sub-make' failed
make[2]: *** [sub-make] Error 2
Makefile:8: recipe for target 'all' failed
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.15.0-kali2-amd64'
Makefile:1717: recipe for target 'modules' failed
make: *** [modules] Error 2

[ghost]

i'm getting the same error !!! hope they fix it

[kimocoder]

It's due to timers api changed in kernel v4.15. anyway, we've got a working fork over here