Re: nopage mm.h

[Justin Mattock]

On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 4:19 AM, Nick Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxxxx> 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
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