NVIDIA and arjanv's 2.6 test11 kernel.
Pavel Rosenboim
pavelr at coresma.com
Thu Dec 4 11:16:14 UTC 2003
John McBride wrote:
> Just curious if anyone else has worked through this and can offer advice.
>
> I am running the kernel-2.6.0-0.test11.1.99.i686.rpm out of :
>
> http://people.redhat.com/arjanv/2.5/RPMS.kernel/
>
> ...and have followed the instructions at :
>
> http://minion.de
>
> ...to patch and run the NVIDIA driver I got at :
>
> http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_1.0-4496.html
>
> ...but whenever I try to use the new NVIDIA driver it borks and says :
>
> (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to allocate config DMA context
>
> ...I assume this relates to the note at minion.de :
>
> "Update: arjanv kernels no longer use -mregparm=3, binary compatibility
> with the closed-source NVIDIA kernel module component has been restored.
> The 4GB/4GB split VM layout patch has been integrated and enabled in all
> three configurations, however, which breaks the NVIDIA driver, as well.
> You will need to rebuild without CONFIG_X86_4G_VM_LAYOUT."
>
> So I guess this means I have to build my own 2.6 kernel from source
> without this option set. Question...is there a semi-painless way to pull
> the current kernel config and apply it to arjanv's source RPM, then just
> clear this single flag and rebuild? Or a better way? Or a HOWTO anywhere?
>
Just take his .src.rpm, change spec file not to apply the 4g patch, and
rebuild. Works great for me.
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