When compiling Linux, if you are fetching the kernel version 4.9.78-ltsi and older, you may see similar errors:
ERROR: linux-altera-ltsi-4.9.78-ltsi gitAUTOINC do_fetch: Fetcher failure: Unable to find revision in branch socfpga-4.9.78-ltsi even from upstream
ERROR: linux-altera-ltsi-4.9.78-ltsi gitAUTOINC do_fetch: Fetcher failure for URL: 'git://github.com/altera-opensource/linux socfpga.git;protocol=https;branch=socfpga-4.9.78-ltsi'. Unable to fetch URL from any source.
ERROR: linux-altera-ltsi-4.9.78-ltsi gitAUTOINC do_fetch: Function failed: base_do_fetch
To work around this problem, fetch the latest kernel version in our GitHub branch below in the “Branch: master” tab: