KBUILD_BASENAME hoses nvidia driver / vmware build processes

KBUILD_BASENAME hoses nvidia driver / vmware build processes

[Seth Goldberg]

Hi,

   Just an FYI -- I just grabbed 2.6.16 and installed it without a
problem.  However, when I went to rebuild the nvidia module and vmware
modules, I discovered that the lack of a definition for
KBUILD_BASENAME in linux/include/linux/spinlock.h cause these
components' builds to fail.  I added a stupid workaround and was able
to build and install these components, but I wanted to bring this to
your attention.

  Best wishes,
  ---S

Re: KBUILD_BASENAME hoses nvidia driver / vmware build processes

[Matti Aarnio]

On Mon, Mar 20, 2006 at 01:08:30PM -0800, Seth Goldberg wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>    Just an FYI -- I just grabbed 2.6.16 and installed it without a
> problem.  However, when I went to rebuild the nvidia module and vmware
> modules, I discovered that the lack of a definition for
> KBUILD_BASENAME in linux/include/linux/spinlock.h cause these
> components' builds to fail.  I added a stupid workaround and was able
> to build and install these components, but I wanted to bring this to
> your attention.

Do post the note to Nvidia -- they need small fix in  conftest.sh
then things work mostly, but  I am not 100% sure that things do
work with 2.6.16  (this issue was with  nvsound   module, I think.)

>   Best wishes,
>   ---S

/Matti Aarnio

Re: KBUILD_BASENAME hoses nvidia driver / vmware build processes

[Petr Vandrovec]

Seth Goldberg wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>    Just an FYI -- I just grabbed 2.6.16 and installed it without a
> problem.  However, when I went to rebuild the nvidia module and vmware
> modules, I discovered that the lack of a definition for
> KBUILD_BASENAME in linux/include/linux/spinlock.h cause these
> components' builds to fail.  I added a stupid workaround and was able
> to build and install these components, but I wanted to bring this to
> your attention.

For VMware either grab VMware Server beta (though I believe that it is broken 
due to '(unsigned long)' added to PAGE_OFFSET; it will be fixed in next beta), 
or grab updated modules from 
http://platan.vc.cvut.cz/ftp/pub/vmware/vmware-any-any-update98.tar.gz.
							Petr Vandrovec

Re: KBUILD_BASENAME hoses nvidia driver / vmware build processes

[Harald Dunkel]

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Hi Seth,

You might want to check

	http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=62021

for Nvidia's cumulative patch.


Regards

Harri
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Seth Goldberg wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>    Just an FYI -- I just grabbed 2.6.16 and installed it without a
> problem.  However, when I went to rebuild the nvidia module and vmware
> modules, I discovered that the lack of a definition for
> KBUILD_BASENAME in linux/include/linux/spinlock.h cause these
> components' builds to fail.  I added a stupid workaround and was able
> to build and install these components, but I wanted to bring this to
> your attention.
> 
>   Best wishes,
>   ---S

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