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I am manually trying to install the PCAN driver on my linux system -- Linux version 4.15.0-142-generic (buildd@lgw01-amd64-039) (gcc version 5.4.0 20160609 (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.12).

I am getting the following error on running the commands -
make clean
make NET=NO_NETDEV_SUPPORT
sudo make install

make[1]: Entering directory '/home/summit/catkin_ws/src/peak-linux-driver-7.15.2/driver'
Info: /lib/modules/4.15.0-142-generic/misc exists.
cp: cannot stat 'pcan.ko': No such file or directory
Makefile:434: recipe for target 'install' failed
make[1]: *** [install] Error 1

Although the following commands give outputs as shown -
1. ifconfig can0 ->
can0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
NOARP MTU:16 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:10
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

2. cat /boot/config-4.15.0-142-generic | grep -i can ->
CONFIG_NET_EMATCH_CANID=m
CONFIG_CAN=m
CONFIG_CAN_RAW=m
CONFIG_CAN_BCM=m
CONFIG_CAN_GW=m
# CAN Device Drivers
CONFIG_CAN_VCAN=m
CONFIG_CAN_VXCAN=m
CONFIG_CAN_SLCAN=m
CONFIG_CAN_DEV=m
CONFIG_CAN_CALC_BITTIMING=y
CONFIG_CAN_LEDS=y
CONFIG_CAN_JANZ_ICAN3=m
CONFIG_CAN_C_CAN=m
CONFIG_CAN_C_CAN_PLATFORM=m
CONFIG_CAN_C_CAN_PCI=m
CONFIG_CAN_CC770=m
CONFIG_CAN_CC770_ISA=m
CONFIG_CAN_CC770_PLATFORM=m
CONFIG_CAN_IFI_CANFD=m
CONFIG_CAN_M_CAN=m
CONFIG_CAN_PEAK_PCIEFD=m
CONFIG_CAN_SJA1000=m
CONFIG_CAN_SJA1000_ISA=m
CONFIG_CAN_SJA1000_PLATFORM=m
CONFIG_CAN_EMS_PCMCIA=m
CONFIG_CAN_EMS_PCI=m
CONFIG_CAN_PEAK_PCMCIA=m
CONFIG_CAN_PEAK_PCI=m
CONFIG_CAN_PEAK_PCIEC=y
CONFIG_CAN_KVASER_PCI=m
CONFIG_CAN_PLX_PCI=m
CONFIG_CAN_SOFTING=m
CONFIG_CAN_SOFTING_CS=m
# CAN SPI interfaces
CONFIG_CAN_HI311X=m
CONFIG_CAN_MCP251X=m
# CAN USB interfaces
CONFIG_CAN_EMS_USB=m
CONFIG_CAN_ESD_USB2=m
CONFIG_CAN_GS_USB=m
CONFIG_CAN_KVASER_USB=m
CONFIG_CAN_PEAK_USB=m
CONFIG_CAN_8DEV_USB=m
CONFIG_CAN_MCBA_USB=m
# CONFIG_CAN_DEBUG_DEVICES is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_SCAN_ASYNC=y
CONFIG_PINCTRL_CANNONLAKE=y
# ATSC (North American/Korean Terrestrial/Cable DTV) frontends
CONFIG_DMI_SCAN_MACHINE_NON_EFI_FALLBACK=y

3. lsmod | grep peak ->
peak_usb 40960 0
can_dev 28672 1 peak_usb

modinfo and /proc/pcan give error ->
1. cat /proc/pcan
cat: /proc/pcan: No such file or directory

2. modinfo pcan.ko | grep -e "^depends:"
modinfo: ERROR: Module pcan.ko not found.

I think the problem is with the missing kernel module (pcan.ko). How can get the file?

peak-linux-driver-7.15.2

This driver is ancient, please use the current 8.14:

http://www.peak-system.com/fileadmin/me ... 4.0.tar.gz

Also you should consider updating your system as a whole, kernel 4.15 was released back in 2017,
the current major Ubuntu LTS release is 20.04.

Please update both, that should resolve your issue.

Best Regards

Marvin

The system earlier had peak-linux-driver-7.5.
I had upgraded it to 8.13 but that did not solve my problem and was forced to downgrade to version 7 as I was told that the PCAN software version was perhaps wrong.
Even when I try to install 8.13 it gives the same error -> pcan.ko: No such file or directory
On the other hand, reason for using Ubuntu 16.04 is the compatibility of other firmwares.

PS. I am using a decade old hardware

Hello,

We do support our current drivers, however drivers
as old a 7.15 are out of support.

You should have no issues running ubuntu 20.04 on the average 10 year old system.

If you run a legacy system like that you'll need to make sure you maintain it properly
and make use of backups.

We cannot provide support for drivers that are 5+ years old.

Check back with the latest driver and we'll see how we can make it work.

Best Regards

Marvin

I will try and see if that works.

Thank you.
Nishad