Bug 203634 – change in the kernel source (at least for 2.6.23.x) makes nvidia-drivers fail

• Status: VERIFIED INVALID
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Kristian Kallenberg 2007-12-29 01:00:55 UTC]

/root/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-100.14.11-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv.c:1326: error: too many arguments to function 'kmem_cache_create'

the above kernel function has changed, therefore a patch must be applied for kernel versions greater then 2.6.23.x

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. ln -s /usr/src/linux-2.6.23.x/ /usr/src/linux
2. make that kernel
3. emerge nvidia-drivers

[Comment 1 Kristian Kallenberg 2007-12-29 01:02:20 UTC]

Created attachment 139550 [details]
updated ebuild

this ebuild works on amd64 with kernel 2.6.23.12

[Comment 2 Kristian Kallenberg 2007-12-29 01:03:06 UTC]

Created attachment 139552 [details]
patch for 2.6.23.x kernels

[Comment 3 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) 2007-12-29 01:04:26 UTC]

You know, our ebuild compiles perfectly fine. If you are installing this manually, this isn't our problem.

[Comment 4 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) 2007-12-29 01:06:08 UTC]

71.86.01, 96.43.01 and >=100.14.19 works just fine, nothing to fix here.

[Comment 5 Kristian Kallenberg 2007-12-29 01:08:31 UTC]

(In reply to comment #4)
> 71.86.01, 96.43.01 and >=100.14.19 works just fine, nothing to fix here.
> 

but the ebuild in portage does NOT build fine. at least not on kernels greater
then 2.6.23.x. It builds however on 2.6.21.x, and fine too.

[Comment 6 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) 2007-12-29 01:09:46 UTC]

We won't fix 100.14.11, as noted above, use the versions that work.