Re: A question regarding init_mm

[Sid Boyce]

Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx wrote:
> On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:49:29 BST, Sid Boyce said:
>
> > EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL(init_mm); /* will be removed in 2.6.26 */
>
> > Any thoughts on why it's not seen? No one on the nvidia list has a clue
> > either.
>
> Run a kernel built with 'CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS=y', that should help matters
> somewhat.
>
> The *real* problem is that the NVidia driver uses the deprecated pgd_offset_k()
> function (see NV_PGD_OFFSET in lv-linux.h).  That's what needs fixing.

Thanks, that solved the problem. There is a patch for NVidia 177.13 
which works, but I haven't yet been able to read it through to see 
exactly what files were altered.
Regards
Sid.

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