Bug 115281

Re. Linux mint 17.3 cinnamon (kernel 3.19.0-32-generic); Lenovo Yoga 300 laptop (with touchscreen)
I tried to install the kernel 4.2.0-34 because the 3.19.0-32 supplied with LM 17.3 does not support (my?) touchscreen. Installation issued the following compilation errors, but it proceeded normally:
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DKMS make.log for ndiswrapper-1.59 for kernel 4.2.0-34-generic (x86_64)
Sat Mar 26 17:21:06 EET 2016
make: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-4.2.0-34-generic'
  LD      /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/built-in.o
  MKEXPORT /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/crt_exports.h
  MKEXPORT /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/hal_exports.h
  MKEXPORT /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/ndis_exports.h
  MKEXPORT /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/ntoskernel_exports.h
  MKEXPORT /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/ntoskernel_io_exports.h
  MKEXPORT /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/rtl_exports.h
  MKEXPORT /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/usb_exports.h
  MKSTUBS /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/win2lin_stubs.h
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/crt.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/hal.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/iw_ndis.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/loader.o
/var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/loader.c: In function ‘load_sys_files’:
/var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/loader.c:157:4: error: implicit declaration of function ‘__vmalloc’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
    __vmalloc(load_driver->sys_files[i].size,
    ^
/var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/loader.c:156:19: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
   pe_image->image =
                   ^
/var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/loader.c:207:5: error: implicit declaration of function ‘vfree’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
     vfree(driver->pe_images[i].image);
     ^
/var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/loader.c: In function ‘add_bin_file’:
/var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/loader.c:298:2: error: implicit declaration of function ‘vmalloc’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
  bin_file->data = vmalloc(driver_file->size);
  ^
/var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/loader.c:298:17: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
  bin_file->data = vmalloc(driver_file->size);
                 ^
/var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/loader.c: In function ‘wrapper_ioctl’:
/var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/loader.c:789:15: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
   load_driver = vmalloc(sizeof(*load_driver));
               ^
/var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/loader.c: In function ‘wrapper_ioctl_compat’:
/var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/loader.c:884:11: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
   kdriver = vmalloc(sizeof(*kdriver));
           ^
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
make[1]: *** [/var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build/loader.o] Error 1
make: *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.59/build] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-4.2.0-34-generic'
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Compiler (gcc) version: 4.8.4
The system booted normally, but the touchscreen did not work. It did with kernel 4.2.0-19. Also, the computer froze randomly (required reboot).