CachyOS - Fails to make install

[war59312]

Hey,

Thanks for this.

Sadly fails to make install on CachyOS:

git clone https://github.com/0x7375646F/Linuwu-Sense.git
  cd Linuwu-Sense
  make install
Cloning into 'Linuwu-Sense'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 151, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (64/64), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (25/25), done.
remote: Total 151 (delta 53), reused 39 (delta 39), pack-reused 87 (from 2)
Receiving objects: 100% (151/151), 139.92 KiB | 3.78 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (71/71), done.
make -C /lib/modules/6.16.4-3-cachyos/build M=/home/will/Linuwu-Sense modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/lib/modules/6.16.4-3-cachyos/build'
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/will/Linuwu-Sense'
warning: the compiler differs from the one used to build the kernel
  The kernel was built by: clang version 20.1.8
  You are using:           gcc (GCC) 15.2.1 20250813
  CC [M]  src/linuwu_sense.o
gcc: error: unrecognized command-line option ‘-mretpoline-external-thunk’
gcc: error: unrecognized command-line option ‘-fsplit-lto-unit’
gcc: error: unrecognized command-line option ‘-fdebug-info-for-profiling’
gcc: error: unrecognized command-line option ‘-mllvm’
gcc: error: unrecognized command-line option ‘-mllvm’
gcc: error: unrecognized command-line option ‘-improved-fs-discriminator=true’
gcc: error: unrecognized command-line option ‘-fbasic-block-address-map’
make[4]: *** [/usr/lib/modules/6.16.4-3-cachyos/build/scripts/Makefile.build:287: src/linuwu_sense.o] Error 1
make[3]: *** [/usr/lib/modules/6.16.4-3-cachyos/build/Makefile:2008: .] Error 2
make[2]: *** [/usr/lib/modules/6.16.4-3-cachyos/build/Makefile:248: __sub-make] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/will/Linuwu-Sense'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:248: __sub-make] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/lib/modules/6.16.4-3-cachyos/build'
make: *** [Makefile:12: all] Error 2

Best,

Will

[war59312]

When using LTS release:

git clone https://github.com/0x7375646F/Linuwu-Sense.git
  cd Linuwu-Sense
  make install
make -C /lib/modules/6.12.44-2-cachyos-lts/build M=/home/will/Linuwu-Sense/Linuwu-Sense/Linuwu-Sense modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/lib/modules/6.12.44-2-cachyos-lts/build'
  CC [M]  /home/will/Linuwu-Sense/Linuwu-Sense/Linuwu-Sense/src/linuwu_sense.o
/home/will/Linuwu-Sense/Linuwu-Sense/Linuwu-Sense/src/linuwu_sense.c:2263:22: error: variable ‘acer_predator_v4_platform_profile_ops’ has initializer but incomplete type
 2263 |  static const struct platform_profile_ops acer_predator_v4_platform_profile_ops = {
      |                      ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/home/will/Linuwu-Sense/Linuwu-Sense/Linuwu-Sense/src/linuwu_sense.c:2264:7: error: ‘const struct platform_profile_ops’ has no member named ‘probe’
 2264 |      .probe = acer_predator_v4_platform_profile_probe,
      |       ^~~~~
/home/will/Linuwu-Sense/Linuwu-Sense/Linuwu-Sense/src/linuwu_sense.c:2264:15: warning: excess elements in struct initializer
 2264 |      .probe = acer_predator_v4_platform_profile_probe,
      |               ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/home/will/Linuwu-Sense/Linuwu-Sense/Linuwu-Sense/src/linuwu_sense.c:2264:15: note: (near initialization for ‘acer_predator_v4_platform_profile_ops’)
/home/will/Linuwu-Sense/Linuwu-Sense/Linuwu-Sense/src/linuwu_sense.c:2265:7: error: ‘const struct platform_profile_ops’ has no member named ‘profile_get’
 2265 |      .profile_get = acer_predator_v4_platform_profile_get,
      |       ^~~~~~~~~~~
/home/will/Linuwu-Sense/Linuwu-Sense/Linuwu-Sense/src/linuwu_sense.c:2265:21: warning: excess elements in struct initializer
 2265 |      .profile_get = acer_predator_v4_platform_profile_get,
      |                     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/home/will/Linuwu-Sense/Linuwu-Sense/Linuwu-Sense/src/linuwu_sense.c:2265:21: note: (near initialization for ‘acer_predator_v4_platform_profile_ops’)
/home/will/Linuwu-Sense/Linuwu-Sense/Linuwu-Sense/src/linuwu_sense.c:2266:7: error: ‘const struct platform_profile_ops’ has no member named ‘profile_set’
 2266 |      .profile_set = acer_predator_v4_platform_profile_set,
      |       ^~~~~~~~~~~
/home/will/Linuwu-Sense/Linuwu-Sense/Linuwu-Sense/src/linuwu_sense.c:2266:21: warning: excess elements in struct initializer
 2266 |      .profile_set = acer_predator_v4_platform_profile_set,
      |                     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/home/will/Linuwu-Sense/Linuwu-Sense/Linuwu-Sense/src/linuwu_sense.c:2266:21: note: (near initialization for ‘acer_predator_v4_platform_profile_ops’)
/home/will/Linuwu-Sense/Linuwu-Sense/Linuwu-Sense/src/linuwu_sense.c: In function ‘acer_platform_profile_setup’:
/home/will/Linuwu-Sense/Linuwu-Sense/Linuwu-Sense/src/linuwu_sense.c:2276:36: error: implicit declaration of function ‘devm_platform_profile_register’; did you mean ‘platform_profile_register’? [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
 2276 |          platform_profile_device = devm_platform_profile_register(
      |                                    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      |                                    platform_profile_register
/home/will/Linuwu-Sense/Linuwu-Sense/Linuwu-Sense/src/linuwu_sense.c:2276:34: error: assignment to ‘struct device *’ from ‘int’ makes pointer from integer without a cast [-Wint-conversion]
 2276 |          platform_profile_device = devm_platform_profile_register(
      |                                  ^
/home/will/Linuwu-Sense/Linuwu-Sense/Linuwu-Sense/src/linuwu_sense.c: In function ‘acer_thermal_profile_change’:
/home/will/Linuwu-Sense/Linuwu-Sense/Linuwu-Sense/src/linuwu_sense.c:2368:10: error: too many arguments to function ‘platform_profile_notify’; expected 0, have 1
 2368 |          platform_profile_notify(platform_profile_device);
      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In file included from /home/will/Linuwu-Sense/Linuwu-Sense/Linuwu-Sense/src/linuwu_sense.c:23:
./include/linux/platform_profile.h:40:6: note: declared here
   40 | void platform_profile_notify(void);
      |      ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/home/will/Linuwu-Sense/Linuwu-Sense/Linuwu-Sense/src/linuwu_sense.c: At top level:
/home/will/Linuwu-Sense/Linuwu-Sense/Linuwu-Sense/src/linuwu_sense.c:2263:43: error: storage size of ‘acer_predator_v4_platform_profile_ops’ isn’t known
 2263 |  static const struct platform_profile_ops acer_predator_v4_platform_profile_ops = {
      |                                           ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
make[3]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:229: /home/will/Linuwu-Sense/Linuwu-Sense/Linuwu-Sense/src/linuwu_sense.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [/usr/lib/modules/6.12.44-2-cachyos-lts/build/Makefile:1953: /home/will/Linuwu-Sense/Linuwu-Sense/Linuwu-Sense] Error 2
make[1]: *** [Makefile:224: __sub-make] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/lib/modules/6.12.44-2-cachyos-lts/build'
make: *** [Makefile:12: all] Error 2

[war59312]

OK works on TLS release with:

uname -a
Linux cachyos-nitro 6.12.44-2-cachyos-lts #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu, 28 Aug 2025 19:53:11 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux

git clone --branch v6.13 --single-branch https://github.com/0x7375646F/Linuwu-Sense.git
cd Linuwu-Sense
  make install
make -C /lib/modules/6.12.44-2-cachyos-lts/build M=/home/will/Linuwu-Sense modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/lib/modules/6.12.44-2-cachyos-lts/build'
  CC [M]  /home/will/Linuwu-Sense/src/linuwu_sense.o
  MODPOST /home/will/Linuwu-Sense/Module.symvers
  CC [M]  /home/will/Linuwu-Sense/src/linuwu_sense.mod.o
  CC [M]  /home/will/Linuwu-Sense/.module-common.o
  LD [M]  /home/will/Linuwu-Sense/src/linuwu_sense.ko
  BTF [M] /home/will/Linuwu-Sense/src/linuwu_sense.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/lib/modules/6.12.44-2-cachyos-lts/build'
[sudo] password for will: 
sudo install -d /lib/modules/6.12.44-2-cachyos-lts/kernel/drivers/platform/x86
sudo install -m 644 src/linuwu_sense.ko /lib/modules/6.12.44-2-cachyos-lts/kernel/drivers/platform/x86
sudo depmod -a
sudo modprobe linuwu_sense
Created symlink '/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/linuwu_sense.service' → '/etc/systemd/system/linuwu_sense.service'.
Module linuwu_sense installed and configured to load at boot.

lsmod | grep linuwu_sense
linuwu_sense           81920  0
sparse_keymap          12288  1 linuwu_sense
rfkill                 40960  8 linuwu_sense,bluetooth,cfg80211
platform_profile       12288  2 linuwu_sense,amd_pmf
i8042                  57344  1 linuwu_sense
video                  81920  3 linuwu_sense,amdgpu,nvidia_modeset
wmi                    32768  3 linuwu_sense,video,wmi_bmof

sudo dmidecode -s system-product-name
[sudo] password for will: 
Nitro ANV16-41

Now I just need #37 brought in.

[Lightdrew]

@war59312 I had the same issues with the clang-compiled versions of the CachyOS kernels. Fortunately (at least in my case) the fix was enabling the LLVM parameter when installing like this: make install LLVM=1. Hope it helps!

[war59312]

Nice, will reboot and try that, thank you.

I figured I'd try and "hack" something together and sure enough I got it working :)

With TLS kernel.

Grab a copy of https://raw.githubusercontent.com/0x7375646F/Linuwu-Sense/refs/heads/main/src/linuwu_sense.c and make these edits below, and override the file in src/linuwu_sense.c and then make install.

make line 280:

#define ACER_CAP_NITRO_SENSE_V4 BIT(14)

make line 304:

static bool nitro_v4;

make line 313:

module_param(nitro_v4, bool, 0444);

make line 324:

MODULE_PARM_DESC(nitro_v4,
   "Enable features for nitro laptops that use nitro sense v4");

make line 375:

`u8 nitro_v4;`

make line 400:

/* Includes all feature that predatorv4 have*/
     if (quirks->nitro_v4)
         interface->capability |= ACER_CAP_PLATFORM_PROFILE |
                 ACER_CAP_FAN_SPEED_READ  | ACER_CAP_NITRO_SENSE_V4;
 }

make line 452:

static struct quirk_entry quirk_acer_nitro_anv16_41 = {
   .nitro_v4 = 1,
   .four_zone_kb = 0,
};

make line 472:

static struct quirk_entry quirk_acer_nitro_v4 = {
    .nitro_v4 = 1,
 };

make line 529:

},
     {
         .callback = dmi_matched,
         .ident = "Acer Nitro ANV16-41",
         .matches = {
             DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Acer"),
             DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "Nitro ANV16-41"),
         },
         .driver_data = &quirk_acer_nitro_anv16_41,
    },

make line 842:

} else if (nitro_v4) {
      quirks = &quirk_acer_nitro_v4;

line 2036:

replace:

if (quirks->predator_v4) {

with:

if (quirks->predator_v4 || !quirks->nitro_v4) {

line 2080:

replace:

if (quirks->predator_v4) {

with:

if (quirks->predator_v4 || quirks->nitro_v4) {

Line 2449:

replace:

if (return_value.key_num == 0x4)

with:

if (return_value.key_num == 0x4 && !has_cap(ACER_CAP_NITRO_SENSE_V4))

line 2451:

replace:

if (return_value.key_num == 0x5 && has_cap(ACER_CAP_PLATFORM_PROFILE))

with:

if ((return_value.key_num == 0x5 || (return_value.key_num == 0x4 && has_cap(ACER_CAP_NITRO_SENSE_V4))) && has_cap(ACER_CAP_PLATFORM_PROFILE))

line 2455:

replace:

if(has_cap(ACER_CAP_PREDATOR_SENSE)){

with:

if(has_cap(ACER_CAP_PREDATOR_SENSE) || has_cap(ACER_CAP_NITRO_SENSE_V4)){

make line 3350:

static struct attribute_group nitro_sense_v4_attr_group = {
     .name = "nitro_sense", .attrs = predator_sense_attrs
 };

make line 3843:

if (has_cap(ACER_CAP_NITRO_SENSE_V4)) {
         err = sysfs_create_group(&device->dev.kobj, &nitro_sense_v4_attr_group);
         if (err)
             goto error_predator_sense;
         acer_predator_state_load();
     }

make line 3901:

}
     if (has_cap(ACER_CAP_NITRO_SENSE)) {
        sysfs_remove_group(&device->dev.kobj, &nitro_sense_v4_attr_group);
        acer_predator_state_save();
     }
     if (has_cap(ACER_CAP_NITRO_SENSE_V4)) {
         sysfs_remove_group(&device->dev.kobj, &nitro_sense_v4_attr_group);
         acer_predator_state_save();
     }

[war59312]

linuwu_sense.c

Edited file with changes as noted above.

[war59312]

Awesome, that worked, thank you very much @Lightdrew

uname -a
Linux cachyos-nitro 6.16.4-3-cachyos #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri, 29 Aug 2025 18:30:55 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux

make install LLVM=1
make -C /lib/modules/6.16.4-3-cachyos/build M=/home/will/Linuwu-Sense modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/lib/modules/6.16.4-3-cachyos/build'
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/will/Linuwu-Sense'
  CC [M]  src/linuwu_sense.o
  MODPOST Module.symvers
  CC [M]  src/linuwu_sense.mod.o
  CC [M]  .module-common.o
  LD [M]  src/linuwu_sense.ko
  BTF [M] src/linuwu_sense.ko
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/will/Linuwu-Sense'
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/lib/modules/6.16.4-3-cachyos/build'
[sudo] password for will: 
sudo install -d /lib/modules/6.16.4-3-cachyos/kernel/drivers/platform/x86
sudo install -m 644 src/linuwu_sense.ko /lib/modules/6.16.4-3-cachyos/kernel/drivers/platform/x86
sudo depmod -a
sudo modprobe linuwu_sense
Created symlink '/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/linuwu_sense.service' → '/etc/systemd/system/linuwu_sense.service'.
Setting up group and permissions...
Detected user: will
sudo usermod -aG linuwu_sense will
Setting permissions via tmpfiles...
Warning: Could not detect predator_sense or nitro_sense in sysfs.
Module linuwu_sense installed and configured to load at boot.

lsmod | grep linuwu_sense
linuwu_sense           94208  0
sparse_keymap          12288  1 linuwu_sense
platform_profile       16384  2 linuwu_sense,amd_pmf
rfkill                 45056  10 linuwu_sense,mt7921e,bluetooth,cfg80211
video                  81920  3 linuwu_sense,amdgpu,nvidia_modeset
wmi                    36864  3 linuwu_sense,video,wmi_bmof

[war59312]

And with patch #37 installed:

make install LLVM=1
make -C /lib/modules/6.16.4-3-cachyos/build M=/home/will/Linuwu-Sense modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/lib/modules/6.16.4-3-cachyos/build'
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/will/Linuwu-Sense'
  CC [M]  src/linuwu_sense.o
  MODPOST Module.symvers
  CC [M]  src/linuwu_sense.mod.o
  LD [M]  src/linuwu_sense.ko
  BTF [M] src/linuwu_sense.ko
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/will/Linuwu-Sense'
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/lib/modules/6.16.4-3-cachyos/build'
sudo install -d /lib/modules/6.16.4-3-cachyos/kernel/drivers/platform/x86
sudo install -m 644 src/linuwu_sense.ko /lib/modules/6.16.4-3-cachyos/kernel/drivers/platform/x86
sudo depmod -a
sudo modprobe linuwu_sense
Created symlink '/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/linuwu_sense.service' → '/etc/systemd/system/linuwu_sense.service'.
Setting up group and permissions...
Detected user: will
sudo usermod -aG linuwu_sense will
Setting permissions via tmpfiles...
Detected model directory: nitro_sense
Module linuwu_sense installed and configured to load at boot.

Perfect! 🥇

[Order52]

Try this in the linuwu sense folder

sudo make CC=clang LD=ld.lld install
sudo depmod -a

[jamesbond3142]

linuwu_sense.c

Edited file with changes as noted above.

Wow this is perfect, thank you!!!

[KuroiJasp3r]

@war59312 hey can you help me with this?

i replaced the src file with the one you made changes to and got this error:

make -C /lib/modules/6.17.8-2-cachyos/build M=/home/jasp3r/Downloads/Linuwu-Sense modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/lib/modules/6.17.8-2-cachyos/build'
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/jasp3r/Downloads/Linuwu-Sense'
warning: the compiler differs from the one used to build the kernel
  The kernel was built by: clang version 21.1.5
  You are using:           gcc (GCC) 15.2.1 20251112
  CC [M]  src/linuwu_sense.o
gcc: error: unrecognized command-line option ‘-mretpoline-external-thunk’
gcc: error: unrecognized command-line option ‘-fsplit-lto-unit’
make[4]: *** [/usr/lib/modules/6.17.8-2-cachyos/build/scripts/Makefile.build:287: src/linuwu_sense.o] Error 1
make[3]: *** [/usr/lib/modules/6.17.8-2-cachyos/build/Makefile:2016: .] Error 2
make[2]: *** [/usr/lib/modules/6.17.8-2-cachyos/build/Makefile:248: __sub-make] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/jasp3r/Downloads/Linuwu-Sense'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:248: __sub-make] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/lib/modules/6.17.8-2-cachyos/build'
make: *** [Makefile:12: all] Error 2

this is a fresh cachyos install on Nitro AN16-41

[Lightdrew]

@KuroiJasp3r try installing with the LLVM utilities flag enabled if you have not already - make install LLVM=1

[KuroiJasp3r]

@KuroiJasp3r try installing with the LLVM utilities flag enabled if you have not already - make install LLVM=1

this worked very well. thank you 🙏🏾