Bug 356395

Summary:	x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers needs High Memory Support into the kernel
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Fab <netbox253>
Component:	[OLD] Unspecified	Assignee:	Doug Goldstein (RETIRED) <cardoe>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	bug, jer, spock
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Fab 2011-02-25 10:11:42 UTC

Hi,

I tried to build my gentoo-sources kernel without CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G (x86 system).

> -> Processor type and features
>    -> High Memory Support (off)

Once this kernel was built, I tried to rebuild x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers,
it worked, but I got a warning :

> Warning : module nvidia.ko needs unknown symbol page_address

So I had to go back and rebuild my kernel with High Memory Support.

CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G (or CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G I guess) seems to be required by the drivers. Maybe the ebuild could check for this kernel option before building them, like it do with mtrr_check.

I found bug #100010 on the same subject. Thanks.


Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Doug Goldstein (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-07-22 21:13:44 UTC

This is added from 304.22 and on.

Comment 2 Doug Goldstein (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-08-16 22:38:51 UTC

Fixed in 304.37.