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).
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