linux-kernel - Re: nvidia installer DIW with 2.6.23-rc1

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Date:	Sun, 29 Jul 2007 17:12:25 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
To:	Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@...il.com>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: nvidia installer DIW with 2.6.23-rc1


On Jul 29 2007 10:57, Gene Heskett wrote:
>   /tmp/selfgz9678/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-100.14.11-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv.c: In 
>function
>   ‘nvidia_init_module’:
>   /tmp/selfgz9678/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-100.14.11-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv.c:1326: 
>error:
>   too many arguments to function ‘kmem_cache_create’


>Is this a known problem?  Do I need to report it to nvidia somehow? 

Well, you do not *need* to report it, just as you do not need to report
kernel oopses or Windows crashes. They'll eventually stumble upon
that themselves

>It looks to me like it may be their problem, and I have submitted
>it, but if anyone has a better idea, please advise.  System is FC6,
>uptodate as of yesterday.

Better idea? Fix the source until they have a fix. It seems to be
just an extra argument to kmem_cache_create that got removed.


	Jan
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