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Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 05:07:00 +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 4:19 AM, Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de> wrote: > > On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 03:47:27AM +0000, Justin Mattock wrote: > > 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; > > OK, not sure about that one... but if it is just your personal kernel, > and not for redistribution, then you are of course free to make any > changes you like. Including changing EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL. Maybe it is > a reasonable temporary measure for you until you get some better > drivers. > > Cool; yes this is just for personal use only, not redistribution. Then in that case I'll have a look into seeing if I can get up and running again with 2.6.26-rc1. regards; -- Justin P. Mattock -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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