Bug 213043 – x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-169.12 needs patch for compilation with 2.6.25 kernel

• Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description astro 2008-03-11 14:33:52 UTC]

The global_flush_tlb() function has been gone and it's functionality seems to have been moved to different parts of the kernel. I'm just posting this because a simple patch is available and I'd love to see it in portage.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Use the Linus tree
2. Emerge nvidia-drivers


Actual Results:  
/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-169.12/work/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-169.12-pkg2/usr/src/nv/nv-vm.c: In function ‘nv_flush_caches’:
/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-169.12/work/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-169.12-pkg2/usr/src/nv/nv-vm.c:364: error: implicit declaration of function ‘global_flush_tlb’


Expected Results:  
Successful installation of nvidia-drivers

A fix has been posted to nvnews.net: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=30377&d=1203865455

[Comment 1 Doug Goldstein (RETIRED) 2008-03-11 14:40:37 UTC]

we don't patch the kernel sources. We also don't support unreleased kernels. NVIDIA will be making a release to address 2.6.25

[Comment 2 astro 2008-03-11 15:05:42 UTC]

The patch isn't for the kernel but for the driver.

Where do I get the hottest new stuff from, if not Gentoo?

[Comment 3 Doug Goldstein (RETIRED) 2008-03-11 15:15:11 UTC]

I will correct my typo. We don't patch NVIDIA sources.

[Comment 4 Doug Goldstein (RETIRED) 2008-03-11 15:15:56 UTC]

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