Latest Fedora Core 3 status: kernel testing needed

oliver frommel oliver at firstfloor.org
Thu Oct 21 15:20:17 UTC 2004


> 
>  > After installing this kernel I am unable to compile the
>  > Nvidia driver. It worked with 2.6.9-1.639, however.
>  > 
>  > nvidia: Unknown symbol __VMALLOC_RESERVE
>  > 
>  > I think I know how to fix it, but you probably should, too,
>  > in your tree (export the symbol in arch/i386/mm/init.c
>  > in the case of i386?)
> 
> No. It's a vm internal symbol that no driver has any
> right to be touching. NVIDIA also agreed to this publically
> on linux-kernel, along with a patch to fix it in their
> driver iirc.
> 

great, so in the meantime you will prompt your end users
to find said patch on the internet and apply it to the
official nvidia driver?

Oliver




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