From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756835AbYEEFHS (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 May 2008 01:07:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752878AbYEEFHF (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 May 2008 01:07:05 -0400 Received: from an-out-0708.google.com ([209.85.132.248]:17849 "EHLO an-out-0708.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751910AbYEEFHC (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 May 2008 01:07:02 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=MV7EGSSdnI29tGMa/3bEY+J5edLV2zwlW3lOOwz0JS45InTOWAnEA0ivh/2mpw+0EKRHv9m7sX+UVOHnls+Vf/E8cHZAYVoWJohJj/im/2ODU/tWcDnNCFzD+1GMC8fjDrQBUx7k27SiLlim7wPwG0MUJ+a/oRNAUdv9Z4AzRSU= Message-ID: Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 05:07:00 +0000 From: "Justin Mattock" To: "Nick Piggin" Subject: Re: nopage mm.h Cc: "Jiri Slaby" , "Linux Kernel Mailing List" In-Reply-To: <20080505041954.GB17640@wotan.suse.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <481D68E0.1040608@gmail.com> <20080505032843.GA14947@wotan.suse.de> <20080505041954.GB17640@wotan.suse.de> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 4:19 AM, Nick Piggin 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 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 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