linux-kernel - Re: ioctl definition - has it changed recently?

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Date:	Sun, 15 Aug 2010 16:22:01 +0200
From:	Piotr Hosowicz <piotr@...owicz.com>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: ioctl definition - has it changed recently?

On 14.08.2010 23:02, Piotr Hosowicz wrote:
> On 14.08.2010 22:53, Piotr Hosowicz wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I build new kernels when they become available. Now I have a problem.
>> After I install new kernel I have to run NVidia setup script. Starting
>> from git15 it fails, see attached file. The error line is here:
>>
>> /tmp/selfgz6622/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-256.35/kernel/nv.c: At top level:
>> /tmp/selfgz6622/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-256.35/kernel/nv.c:426: error:
>> unknown field ‘ioctl’ specified in initializer
>> /tmp/selfgz6622/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-256.35/kernel/nv.c:426: warning:
>> initialization from incompatible pointer type
>>
>> In git14 everything was OK, but now it is not, also with the Git synced
>> kernel. Has something changed from git14 times? I hope that it changed
>> in Linux because it will be fixed earlier than NVidia source.
>>
>> My graphic card is 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation
>> G96 [GeForce 9400 GT] (rev a1)
>
>
> The latest driver is here:
>
> ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/256.44/
>
> To unpack execute it with --extract-only option.

http://phosowicz.jogger.pl/2010/08/15/nvidia-graphics-in-fresh-kernels/

Regards,

Piotr Hosowicz

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