Re: nopage mm.h

[Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>]

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@gmail.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).