nopage mm.h

nopage mm.h

[Justin Mattock]

Hello; I have a question about the nopage function that was removed in
the kernel.
What would be the best way for me to build a module that has a nopage
funtion in it?
Right now I went and undid what you had done to the kernel,to atleast
have the module not give me errors,
but, am wondering if I should try to take the module and remove the
nopage function in it , and add the functions that is relevent.
to keep the module up-to date.
regards;

-- 
Justin P. Mattock

Re: nopage mm.h

[Adrian Bunk]

On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 11:29:20PM +0000, Justin Mattock wrote:
> Hello; I have a question about the nopage function that was removed in
> the kernel.
> What would be the best way for me to build a module that has a nopage
> funtion in it?
> Right now I went and undid what you had done to the kernel,to atleast
> have the module not give me errors,
> but, am wondering if I should try to take the module and remove the
> nopage function in it , and add the functions that is relevent.
> to keep the module up-to date.

Where can we find the source code of your module?

> regards;

cu
Adrian

-- 

       "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out
        of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days.
       "Only a promise," Lao Er said.
                                       Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed

Re: nopage mm.h

[Justin Mattock]

On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 11:38 PM, Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 11:29:20PM +0000, Justin Mattock wrote:
>  > Hello; I have a question about the nopage function that was removed in
>  > the kernel.
>  > What would be the best way for me to build a module that has a nopage
>  > funtion in it?
>  > Right now I went and undid what you had done to the kernel,to atleast
>  > have the module not give me errors,
>  > but, am wondering if I should try to take the module and remove the
>  > nopage function in it , and add the functions that is relevent.
>  > to keep the module up-to date.
>
>  Where can we find the source code of your module?
>
>  > regards;
>
>  cu
>  Adrian
>
>  --
>
>        "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out
>         of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days.
>        "Only a promise," Lao Er said.
>                                        Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed
>
>
The module is fglrx.
regards;


-- 
Justin P. Mattock

Re: nopage mm.h

[Adrian Bunk]

On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 11:48:35PM +0000, Justin Mattock wrote:
> On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 11:38 PM, Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 11:29:20PM +0000, Justin Mattock wrote:
> >  > Hello; I have a question about the nopage function that was removed in
> >  > the kernel.
> >  > What would be the best way for me to build a module that has a nopage
> >  > funtion in it?
> >  > Right now I went and undid what you had done to the kernel,to atleast
> >  > have the module not give me errors,
> >  > but, am wondering if I should try to take the module and remove the
> >  > nopage function in it , and add the functions that is relevent.
> >  > to keep the module up-to date.
> >
> >  Where can we find the source code of your module?
> >
> >  > regards;
> >
> >  cu
> >  Adrian
> >
> >
> The module is fglrx.

Please ask AMD for support with your problem.

I do not want to taint myself by looking at their code.

> regards;

cu
Adrian

-- 

       "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out
        of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days.
       "Only a promise," Lao Er said.
                                       Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed

Re: nopage mm.h

[Justin Mattock]

On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 11:56 PM, Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> wrote:
> On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 11:48:35PM +0000, Justin Mattock wrote:
>  > On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 11:38 PM, Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> wrote:
>  > >
>  > > On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 11:29:20PM +0000, Justin Mattock wrote:
>  > >  > Hello; I have a question about the nopage function that was removed in
>  > >  > the kernel.
>  > >  > What would be the best way for me to build a module that has a nopage
>  > >  > funtion in it?
>  > >  > Right now I went and undid what you had done to the kernel,to atleast
>  > >  > have the module not give me errors,
>  > >  > but, am wondering if I should try to take the module and remove the
>  > >  > nopage function in it , and add the functions that is relevent.
>  > >  > to keep the module up-to date.
>  > >
>  > >  Where can we find the source code of your module?
>  > >
>  > >  > regards;
>  > >
>  > >  cu
>  > >  Adrian
>  > >
>  > >
>  > The module is fglrx.
>
>  Please ask AMD for support with your problem.
>
>  I do not want to taint myself by looking at their code.
>
>
>
>  > regards;
>
>  cu
>  Adrian
>
>  --
>
>        "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out
>         of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days.
>        "Only a promise," Lao Er said.
>                                        Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed
>
>

Cool, thanks for the response,
I'll have to do more reading.
regards;


-- 
Justin P. Mattock

Re: nopage mm.h

[Jiri Slaby]

Justin Mattock napsal(a):
> Hello; I have a question about the nopage function that was removed in
> the kernel.
> What would be the best way for me to build a module that has a nopage
> funtion in it?

use .fault instead

Re: nopage mm.h

[Justin Mattock]

On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 7:42 AM, Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com> wrote:
> Justin Mattock napsal(a):
>
> > Hello; I have a question about the nopage function that was removed in
> > the kernel.
> > What would be the best way for me to build a module that has a nopage
> > funtion in it?
> >
>
>  use .fault instead
>
Hello thanks for the response, I'll have a look into that. The problem
I'm confronted with right now is the module is not going to
install due to it being a non-GPL module. After doing some reading I
was unawre that the kernel was going GPL-only in 2008, so with that in
mind I need to comply with the regulations. So the question I have now
is: Is there a module that is GPL approved that will give me 3D for
the macbook pro. And also recover from suspend?
regards;

-- 
Justin P. Mattock

Re: nopage mm.h

[Nick Piggin]

On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 04:12:49PM +0000, Justin Mattock wrote:
> On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 7:42 AM, Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Justin Mattock napsal(a):
> >
> > > Hello; I have a question about the nopage function that was removed in
> > > the kernel.
> > > What would be the best way for me to build a module that has a nopage
> > > funtion in it?
> > >
> >
> >  use .fault instead
> >
> Hello thanks for the response, I'll have a look into that. The problem
> I'm confronted with right now is the module is not going to
> install due to it being a non-GPL module. After doing some reading I
> was unawre that the kernel was going GPL-only in 2008, so with that in
> mind I need to comply with the regulations. So the question I have now
> is: Is there a module that is GPL approved that will give me 3D for
> the macbook pro. And also recover from suspend?

Hopefully the driver vendor should provide an update soon. Otherwise,
possibly you could patch back in the .nopage stuff? (It is just a
single commit which does nothing but remove nopage, try reverting it).

Re: nopage mm.h

[Justin Mattock]

On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 3:28 AM, Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> wrote:
> On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 04:12:49PM +0000, Justin Mattock wrote:
>  > On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 7:42 AM, Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com> wrote:
>  > > Justin Mattock napsal(a):
>  > >
>  > > > Hello; I have a question about the nopage function that was removed in
>  > > > the kernel.
>  > > > What would be the best way for me to build a module that has a nopage
>  > > > funtion in it?
>  > > >
>  > >
>  > >  use .fault instead
>  > >
>  > Hello thanks for the response, I'll have a look into that. The problem
>  > I'm confronted with right now is the module is not going to
>  > install due to it being a non-GPL module. After doing some reading I
>  > was unawre that the kernel was going GPL-only in 2008, so with that in
>  > mind I need to comply with the regulations. So the question I have now
>  > is: Is there a module that is GPL approved that will give me 3D for
>  > the macbook pro. And also recover from suspend?
>
>  Hopefully the driver vendor should provide an update soon. Otherwise,
>  possibly you could patch back in the .nopage stuff? (It is just a
>  single commit which does nothing but remove nopage, try reverting it).
>
>
>

Hello; thanks for the info, I did revert the nopage back into the
kernel, but after all of that, I'm confronted with
the module not being a GPL-only module  `init_pid_ns'.
I've looked in kernel/pid.c and am noticing  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(init_pid_ns);
With that in mind I'm more concerned about the module not being
GPL-only, is this in full enforcement, or just a thaught
that irritated a bunch of people.
regards;



-- 
Justin P. Mattock

Re: nopage mm.h

[Nick Piggin]

On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 03:47:27AM +0000, Justin Mattock wrote:
> On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 3:28 AM, Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> wrote:
> > On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 04:12:49PM +0000, Justin Mattock wrote:
> >  > On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 7:42 AM, Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com> wrote:
> >  > > Justin Mattock napsal(a):
> >  > >
> >  > > > Hello; I have a question about the nopage function that was removed in
> >  > > > the kernel.
> >  > > > What would be the best way for me to build a module that has a nopage
> >  > > > funtion in it?
> >  > > >
> >  > >
> >  > >  use .fault instead
> >  > >
> >  > Hello thanks for the response, I'll have a look into that. The problem
> >  > I'm confronted with right now is the module is not going to
> >  > install due to it being a non-GPL module. After doing some reading I
> >  > was unawre that the kernel was going GPL-only in 2008, so with that in
> >  > mind I need to comply with the regulations. So the question I have now
> >  > is: Is there a module that is GPL approved that will give me 3D for
> >  > the macbook pro. And also recover from suspend?
> >
> >  Hopefully the driver vendor should provide an update soon. Otherwise,
> >  possibly you could patch back in the .nopage stuff? (It is just a
> >  single commit which does nothing but remove nopage, try reverting it).
> >
> >
> >
> 
> Hello; thanks for the info, I did revert the nopage back into the
> kernel, but after all of that, I'm confronted with
> the module not being a GPL-only module  `init_pid_ns'.
> I've looked in kernel/pid.c and am noticing  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(init_pid_ns);
> With that in mind I'm more concerned about the module not being
> GPL-only, is this in full enforcement, or just a thaught
> that irritated a bunch of people.
> regards;

OK, not sure about that one... but if it is just your personal kernel,
and not for redistribution, then you are of course free to make any
changes you like. Including changing EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL. Maybe it is
a reasonable temporary measure for you until you get some better
drivers.

Re: nopage mm.h

[Justin Mattock]

On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 4:19 AM, Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> wrote:
>
> On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 03:47:27AM +0000, Justin Mattock wrote:
>  > On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 3:28 AM, Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> wrote:
>  > > On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 04:12:49PM +0000, Justin Mattock wrote:
>  > >  > On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 7:42 AM, Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com> wrote:
>  > >  > > Justin Mattock napsal(a):
>  > >  > >
>  > >  > > > Hello; I have a question about the nopage function that was removed in
>  > >  > > > the kernel.
>  > >  > > > What would be the best way for me to build a module that has a nopage
>  > >  > > > funtion in it?
>  > >  > > >
>  > >  > >
>  > >  > >  use .fault instead
>  > >  > >
>  > >  > Hello thanks for the response, I'll have a look into that. The problem
>  > >  > I'm confronted with right now is the module is not going to
>  > >  > install due to it being a non-GPL module. After doing some reading I
>  > >  > was unawre that the kernel was going GPL-only in 2008, so with that in
>  > >  > mind I need to comply with the regulations. So the question I have now
>  > >  > is: Is there a module that is GPL approved that will give me 3D for
>  > >  > the macbook pro. And also recover from suspend?
>  > >
>  > >  Hopefully the driver vendor should provide an update soon. Otherwise,
>  > >  possibly you could patch back in the .nopage stuff? (It is just a
>  > >  single commit which does nothing but remove nopage, try reverting it).
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  >
>  > Hello; thanks for the info, I did revert the nopage back into the
>  > kernel, but after all of that, I'm confronted with
>  > the module not being a GPL-only module  `init_pid_ns'.
>  > I've looked in kernel/pid.c and am noticing  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(init_pid_ns);
>  > With that in mind I'm more concerned about the module not being
>  > GPL-only, is this in full enforcement, or just a thaught
>  > that irritated a bunch of people.
>  > regards;
>
>  OK, not sure about that one... but if it is just your personal kernel,
>  and not for redistribution, then you are of course free to make any
>  changes you like. Including changing EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL. Maybe it is
>  a reasonable temporary measure for you until you get some better
>  drivers.
>
>

Cool; yes this is just for personal use only, not redistribution.
Then in that case I'll have a look into seeing if I can get up and running again
with 2.6.26-rc1.
regards;

-- 
Justin P. Mattock

Re: nopage mm.h

[Nick Piggin]

On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 05:07:00AM +0000, Justin Mattock wrote:
> On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 4:19 AM, Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> wrote:
> >  OK, not sure about that one... but if it is just your personal kernel,
> >  and not for redistribution, then you are of course free to make any
> >  changes you like. Including changing EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL. Maybe it is
> >  a reasonable temporary measure for you until you get some better
> >  drivers.
> >
> >
> 
> Cool; yes this is just for personal use only, not redistribution.
> Then in that case I'll have a look into seeing if I can get up and running again
> with 2.6.26-rc1.
> regards;

Great to see you are keen on testing the bleeding edge ;) Good luck!