1.0-9639 vs. 2.6.23-rc2: __you_cannot_kmalloc_that_much

hmrct · 08-09-07, 11:45 AM

I'm getting a 1.0-9639 build failure with my 2.6.23-rc2 kernel, even after applying all the patches submitted in other threads to date. Another user reported the same unresolved "__you_cannot_kmalloc_that_much" symbol error with the other legacy GPU driver.

Attached please find the 2.6.23-rc2 ".config" file (kconfig.txt), and the nvidia-installer.log file. Quick summary of things presumed relevant: using SLAB allocator, and gcc-3.4.6.

If anyone's got a quick fix, please post. Thanks!

hmrct · 08-09-07, 06:32 PM

Ok. I'll post my *own* quick fix, then :-). Upgrading my compiler to gcc-4.1.2 made the problem go away.

**zander** · 08-09-07, 09:00 PM

It looks like you can also avoid this problem by removing the '-O' from the EXTRA_CFLAGS in the Makefile.kbuild file.

hmrct · 08-09-07, 09:46 PM

Wouldn't be the first time an optimizer has bitten me :-(. Thanks for looking into this!

08-09-07, 06:32 PM	#2
hmrct Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 23	Re: 1.0-9639 vs. 2.6.23-rc2: __you_cannot_kmalloc_that_much Ok. I'll post my own quick fix, then :-). Upgrading my compiler to gcc-4.1.2 made the problem go away.

08-09-07, 09:00 PM	#3
zander NVIDIA Corporation Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,740	Re: 1.0-9639 vs. 2.6.23-rc2: __you_cannot_kmalloc_that_much It looks like you can also avoid this problem by removing the '-O' from the EXTRA_CFLAGS in the Makefile.kbuild file.

08-09-07, 09:46 PM	#4
hmrct Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 23	Re: 1.0-9639 vs. 2.6.23-rc2: __you_cannot_kmalloc_that_much Wouldn't be the first time an optimizer has bitten me :-(. Thanks for looking into this!