Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:26:43 +0200 | From | "Ioan Ionita" <> | Subject | Re: Reexport init_mm ? |
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On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 9:23 AM, Chris Snook <csnook@redhat.com> wrote: > drago01 wrote: > > init_mm is no longer exported in 2.6.25, because there are no in tree > > modules that use it. > > But the closed sources nvidia drivers are using it. > > Is it possible to reexport this symbol to let the driver work with this kernel? > > The fact that there are no in-tree modules that use init_mm is rather > compelling evidence that it's not a necessary part of the kernel module > API. Nvidia needs to fix their code. If this is a burden, perhaps they > should publish their code under a GPLv2-compatible license so we can > show them how to do it.
Publish it and get it merged so you'd have no choice but to keep the symbol exported in the first place?
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