Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 27 Oct 2004 19:08:56 +0200 | Subject | Re: 2.6.10-mm1, class_simple_* and GPL addition | From | Norbert Preining <> |
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Hi all!
On Mit, 27 Okt 2004, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > for class_simple_* makes the nvidia module useless as it uses several: > > is this the module as downloaded from nvidia, or as hacked by some > distro ? >
On Mit, 27 Okt 2004, Greg KH wrote: > I think these changes are only in the Gentoo modified version of the > driver, right? I don't think that nvidia wrote the driver that way.
Yes they did. I downloaded the original NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6111-pkg1.run, extracted the source and found in nv.c many things like: #ifdef NV_CLASS_SIMPLE_PRESENT class_simple_device_remove(MKDEV(NV_MAJOR_DEVICE_NUMBER, 255)); for (i = 0; i < num_nv_devices; i++) class_simple_device_remove(MKDEV(NV_MAJOR_DEVICE_NUMBER, i)); class_simple_destroy(class_nvidia); #endif
and in conftest.sh the check for class_simple_present by checking for struct class_simple.
> > I don't want to start a flame war and long discussion, just want to ask > > wether this change (to _GPL) was intended, > > Yes it was.
Ok. I can live with that.
> > and if yes, if there is a way to fix nvidia kernel modules (or others) > > using this device management interface. > > Get them to change the license on their code.
Well, funny answer, but not useful for now.
Best wishes
Norbert
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