I'm really sorry for bringing such a "flame-creative" topic to the list,
but Greg asked me to do so after a short discussion in private.
Problem is that the latest bk-driver-core patch included in the 2.6.12-rc1-mm3
removes class_simple API without providing EXPORT_SYMBOL'ed (as opposed to
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL) alternative.
As the result I don't see a way how out-of-the-kernel non-GPL drivers
(nvidia in my case) could be fixed.
So, basically the questions are:
- Whether the changes like the one above are "the right thing to do" ?
- What's the best way to deal with this particular issue ?
P.S. Please CC me, I'm not subscribed to the list.
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With best wishes,
Nick Orlov.
On Sun, Mar 27, 2005 at 01:04:31PM -0500, Nick Orlov wrote:
>
> - Whether the changes like the one above are "the right thing to do" ?
Yes.
> - What's the best way to deal with this particular issue ?
Change the code to not use these functions. Look at the vmware code for
examples of how to do this.
That was simple :)
thanks,
greg k-h
On Sun, Mar 27, 2005 at 10:17:17AM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 27, 2005 at 01:04:31PM -0500, Nick Orlov wrote:
> >
> > - Whether the changes like the one above are "the right thing to do" ?
>
> Yes.
Questionable.
>
> > - What's the best way to deal with this particular issue ?
>
> Change the code to not use these functions.
In other words "forget about nvidia <-> udev interaction" ?
I do not think it is acceptable.
> Look at the vmware code for examples of how to do this.
Is there a place where I can download the code example without
registering / paying license fee ?
P.S. Please CC me, I'm not subscribed to the list.
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Nick Orlov.
On 03/27/05 01:39:27PM -0500, Nick Orlov wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 27, 2005 at 10:17:17AM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Sun, Mar 27, 2005 at 01:04:31PM -0500, Nick Orlov wrote:
> > >
> > > - Whether the changes like the one above are "the right thing to do" ?
> >
> > Yes.
>
> Questionable.
>
> >
> > > - What's the best way to deal with this particular issue ?
> >
> > Change the code to not use these functions.
>
> In other words "forget about nvidia <-> udev interaction" ?
> I do not think it is acceptable.
>
> > Look at the vmware code for examples of how to do this.
>
> Is there a place where I can download the code example without
> registering / paying license fee ?
http://ftp.cvut.cz/vmware/
The file vmware-any-any-update*.tar.gz contains the source to all of the
VMWare kernel modules. IIRC I found the URL in the VMWare newsgroups and
they're maintained unofficially by a VMWare employee.
>
> P.S. Please CC me, I'm not subscribed to the list.
>
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> Nick Orlov.
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On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 13:04:31 EST, Nick Orlov said:
> Problem is that the latest bk-driver-core patch included in the 2.6.12-rc1-mm3
> removes class_simple API without providing EXPORT_SYMBOL'ed (as opposed to
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL) alternative.
>
> As the result I don't see a way how out-of-the-kernel non-GPL drivers
> (nvidia in my case) could be fixed.
Umm.. try running the latest drivers?
[~]2 uname -a
Linux turing-police.cc.vt.edu 2.6.12-rc1-mm3 #1 PREEMPT Sat Mar 26 22:07:50 EST 2005 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[~]2 lsmod | grep nvidia
nvidia 3912636 14
agpgart 25672 2 nvidia,intel_agp
[~]2 grep -i nvidia /var/log/kernmsg
Mar 30 21:58:19 turing-police kernel: [4294721.402000] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
Mar 30 21:58:19 turing-police kernel: [4294721.434000] NVRM: loading NVIDIA Linux x86 NVIDIA Kernel Module 1.0-7167 Fri Feb 25 09:08:22 PST 2005
(All usual disclaimers about binary modules apply. If 7167 doesn't work for
you, bug NVidia (Zander is usually quite helpful with providing patches) and/or
check the NVidia/Linux message boards (there's a link on the NVidia driver
download page).
On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 10:19:42PM -0500, [email protected] wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 13:04:31 EST, Nick Orlov said:
>
> > Problem is that the latest bk-driver-core patch included in the 2.6.12-rc1-mm3
> > removes class_simple API without providing EXPORT_SYMBOL'ed (as opposed to
> > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL) alternative.
> >
> > As the result I don't see a way how out-of-the-kernel non-GPL drivers
> > (nvidia in my case) could be fixed.
>
> Umm.. try running the latest drivers?
>
> [~]2 uname -a
> Linux turing-police.cc.vt.edu 2.6.12-rc1-mm3 #1 PREEMPT Sat Mar 26 22:07:50 EST 2005 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
> [~]2 lsmod | grep nvidia
> nvidia 3912636 14
> agpgart 25672 2 nvidia,intel_agp
> [~]2 grep -i nvidia /var/log/kernmsg
> Mar 30 21:58:19 turing-police kernel: [4294721.402000] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
> Mar 30 21:58:19 turing-police kernel: [4294721.434000] NVRM: loading NVIDIA Linux x86 NVIDIA Kernel Module 1.0-7167 Fri Feb 25 09:08:22 PST 2005
>
I _am_ using the latest NVIDIA driver:
nick@nikolas:~$ dmesg | grep NVIDIA
nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
NVRM: loading NVIDIA Linux x86 NVIDIA Kernel Module 1.0-7167 Fri Feb
25 09:08:22 PST 2005
nick@nikolas:~$ ll /lib/modules/`uname -r`/nvidia
total 4315
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4399395 2005-03-27 12:29 nvidia.ko
If you are not relying on udev being able to create nvidia device nodes
you are not affected.
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With best wishes,
Nick Orlov.