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On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Eyal Lebedinsky wrote: > I had a failure building NVIDIA_kernel/nv.c (the nvidia driver): > http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86_40/1.0-4191/NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-4191.tar.gz > > It uses > pte = *pte_offset(pg_mid_dir, address); > but this patch removes pte_offset(). > > 1) what is the correct fix (use pte_offset_kernel?)? I'd assume so, but since I don't know exactly what the nvidia driver does I can't tell you for sure. > 2) in general, is it wise to remove pte_offset() or should it > be left for compatability? It should be removed, otherwise some drivers would compile but silently fail (because pte_offset() wouldn't be the right choice from the two alternatives. regards, Rik -- A: No. Q: Should I include quotations after my reply? http://www.surriel.com/ http://guru.conectiva.com/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | |||||||||
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