Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261925AbVCaDTy (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Mar 2005 22:19:54 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261927AbVCaDTy (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Mar 2005 22:19:54 -0500 Received: from h80ad2599.async.vt.edu ([128.173.37.153]:3341 "EHLO h80ad2599.async.vt.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261925AbVCaDTv (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Mar 2005 22:19:51 -0500 Message-Id: <200503310319.j2V3JhXJ009858@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2 01/07/2005 with nmh-1.1-RC3 To: Nick Orlov Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.12-rc1-mm3: class_simple API In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 27 Mar 2005 13:04:31 EST." <20050327180431.GA4327@nikolas.hn.org> From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu References: <20050327180431.GA4327@nikolas.hn.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1112239182_3808P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 22:19:42 -0500 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1805 Lines: 47 --==_Exmh_1112239182_3808P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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). --==_Exmh_1112239182_3808P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQFCS2xOcC3lWbTT17ARArHmAKCB3mfzV2338NZZ5rIFkwTyHQO1CQCg/W4e uutKH5cWeNWlqBe61KGfXZY= =9wDI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1112239182_3808P-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/