Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: ATI driver conflict with LOCK_STAT | From | Peter Zijlstra <> | Date | Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:08:19 +0200 |
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On Thu, 2009-08-20 at 11:04 +0800, Bowen wrote: > Hi All: > > I just found that I can't compile my ATI driver. I have downloaded a > ATI driver from their web site, but I can't compile it successfully, > it reported "FATAL: modpost: GPL-incompatible module fglrx.ko uses > GPL-only symbol > 'lock_acquire'", > > I found when I close LOCK_STAT, I can compiled ATI driver > successfully. And I also try to remove GPL declaration from > "lock_acquire, lock_release, rcu_lock_map, lockdep_init_map", I can > also use ATI driver. So does anybody meet same problem? Should we > remove GPL limitation from those functions in kernel? Or just make > ATI driver conflict with LOCK_STAT?
Yay, I broke binary junk, +1 to me!!
Seriously though, use the opensource driver already :-)
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