[OT] Compiling a module for the Fedora kernel

[Klaus-Peter Schrage]

Am 22.12.2014 um 19:48 schrieb Heinz Diehl:
> On 22.12.2014, Lars E. Pettersson wrote:
>
>> I then compiled it for the new kernel, but for me the problem is still
>> there, a noisy fan. I will investigate further...
>
> How about finding the first official kernel with the faulty behaviour,
> bisecting the offending commit and reporting it to the lkml people?

Heinz, it was you who pointed me to the offending patch:
http://tinyurl.com/mz4vsr8
As far as I can see, the nouveau driver hasn't changed much since then.

>
> Continuously patching away an obvious bug can't be the solution (and
> someday it won't work any longer or need a manual merge)..

As you have suggested, I will file a bug on freedesktop.org against the 
nouveau driver.