nvidia driver kernel 2.6.9 667

[Patrick Ryan Vinson]

On Fri, 2004-11-05 at 15:23 -0700, Kim Lux wrote:
> Thanks.
> 
> I'll test this on the weekend.
> 
> Where did you get source from ?
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2004-11-05 at 17:06 -0500, Patrick Ryan Vinson wrote:
> > On Fri, 2004-11-05 at 14:59 -0700, Brian Callahan wrote:
> > > Can't build or load nvidia video driver under 667
> > > 
> > > used an nvidia patch from
> > > http://ngc891.blogdns.net/index.php?2004/09/21/3-patched-nvidia-drivers
> > > 
> > > but still can't load the driver
> > > 
> > > 
> > > errors:
> > > # dmesg
> > > nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
> > > nvidia: Unknown symbol __VMALLOC_RESERVE
> > > nvidia: Unknown symbol __VMALLOC_RESERVE
> > > 
> > > works fine under 2.6.8-541
> > > 
> > > BC
> > > 
> > 
> > not sure about that patch but all I did was add
> > 
> > unsigned int __VMALLOC_RESERVE = 128 << 20;
> > 
> > right after:
> > 
> > #ifdef MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV_MAJOR
> > MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV_MAJOR(NV_MAJOR_DEVICE_NUMBER);
> > #endif
> > 
> > in the nv.c file and ran the installer.  Worked perfectly
> > fine after that.  I am currently running the *-667 kernel.
> > Are you making sure your xorg.conf file is setup properly?
> > 

you can extract the NVidia kernel source by passing -x if I remember
right.  It will extract the files rather than running the installer.
>From there you can edit the source.