Hi Lukas.   Most USRP X310 Linux users employ 10gigE to connect to the host
PC.  PCIe on the USRP X310 uses a proprietary ASIC and the driver is, as
you discovered, built on an obsolete kernel.  You could attempt to appeal
directly to NI for support if switching to 10 gigE isn't an option for you.

-Robin


On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 10:23 AM Lukas Haase via USRP-users <
usrp-users@lists.ettus.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have used USRP X310 over PCIe and gnuradio on Windows for quite a bit. I
> suffered from large connectivity issues so I wanted to switch to Linux for
> quite some time. Also, I need to start modifying gnuradio/uhd source which
> is even more painful in Windows.
>
> I set up an Ubuntu 18.04 system (which is not exactly new) and in the last
> step Linux NI RIO Installation fails. And
> https://files.ettus.com/manual/page_ni_rio_kernel.html states:
> "Currently, the latest supported kernel version is 4.2.x.". What a bummer!
>
> Is there any way to get USRP X310 + PCIe working on Ubuntu 18.04?
> If not, what is the recommended setup when someone needs PCIe, gnuradio,
> source code?
> I would really prefer a Debian-like Linux system that's not completely
> outdated (such as pre-bionic).
>
> Best,
> Lukas
>
>
> PS:
>
> $ lsb_release -a
> No LSB modules are available.
> Distributor ID: Ubuntu
> Description:    Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS
> Release:        18.04
> Codename:       bionic
> $ uname -a
> Linux station 5.3.0-40-generic #32~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Mon Feb 3 14:05:59
> UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
>
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