linux-kernel - Re: nopage mm.h

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Date:	Mon, 5 May 2008 03:47:27 +0000
From:	"Justin Mattock" <justinmattock@...il.com>
To:	"Nick Piggin" <npiggin@...e.de>
Cc:	"Jiri Slaby" <jirislaby@...il.com>,
	"Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: nopage mm.h

On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 3:28 AM, Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de> wrote:
> On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 04:12:49PM +0000, Justin Mattock wrote:
>  > On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 7:42 AM, Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com> wrote:
>  > > Justin Mattock napsal(a):
>  > >
>  > > > Hello; I have a question about the nopage function that was removed in
>  > > > the kernel.
>  > > > What would be the best way for me to build a module that has a nopage
>  > > > funtion in it?
>  > > >
>  > >
>  > >  use .fault instead
>  > >
>  > Hello thanks for the response, I'll have a look into that. The problem
>  > I'm confronted with right now is the module is not going to
>  > install due to it being a non-GPL module. After doing some reading I
>  > was unawre that the kernel was going GPL-only in 2008, so with that in
>  > mind I need to comply with the regulations. So the question I have now
>  > is: Is there a module that is GPL approved that will give me 3D for
>  > the macbook pro. And also recover from suspend?
>
>  Hopefully the driver vendor should provide an update soon. Otherwise,
>  possibly you could patch back in the .nopage stuff? (It is just a
>  single commit which does nothing but remove nopage, try reverting it).
>
>
>

Hello; thanks for the info, I did revert the nopage back into the
kernel, but after all of that, I'm confronted with
the module not being a GPL-only module  `init_pid_ns'.
I've looked in kernel/pid.c and am noticing  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(init_pid_ns);
With that in mind I'm more concerned about the module not being
GPL-only, is this in full enforcement, or just a thaught
that irritated a bunch of people.
regards;



-- 
Justin P. Mattock
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