Driver fails to compile with gcc 4.6.0 on kernel 2.6.39-git11/-git12

[Milos_SD]

I figured that out after posting. I just commented out "else" part of the code.

[gun26]

Combining the changes in conftest.sh and nv-linux.h in one patch for convenience. It works for me. Thanks thefirstm.

[khetzal]

Thanks for the patch, it is working

[RUSTY]

how do you apply kernel-3.0-rc1.patch.txt ? need some steps please.

I have ubuntu 10.10 x64 with 3.0-rc1 kernel. Using this command:

sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.41.19.run --apply-patch kernel-3.0-rc1.patch.txt

Trying to patch 275.09 x64 or 270.41.19 x64 I get this

patching file conftest.sh
Hunk #1 FAILED at 76.
1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file conftest.sh.rej
patching file nv-linux.h
Hunk #1 FAILED at 32.
1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file nv-linux.h.rej

p.s.
that's what I get when I try to install normal driver 275.09 x64 or 270.41.19 x64 on kernel 3.0-rc1

If you are using a Linux 2.4 kernel, please make sure
you either have configured kernel sources matching your
kernel or the correct set of kernel headers installed
on your system.

If you are using a Linux 2.6 kernel, please make sure
you have configured kernel sources matching your kernel
installed on your system. If you specified a separate
output directory using either the "KBUILD_OUTPUT" or
the "O" KBUILD parameter, make sure to specify this
directory with the SYSOUT environment variable or with
the equivalent nvidia-installer command line option.

Depending on where and how the kernel sources (or the
kernel headers) were installed, you may need to specify
their location with the SYSSRC environment variable or
the equivalent nvidia-installer command line option.

*** Unable to determine the target kernel version. ***

[weltall]

the patch lacks the subfolder structure so you'll have to patch by hand
extract the package with -x then you can apply the patch there or just go in the single files and do the changes after all it's just adding an -O2 and replacing a 2 and a 7 with a 3 and a 1

[RUSTY]

Originally Posted by weltall

the patch lacks the subfolder structure so you'll have to patch by hand
extract the package with -x then you can apply the patch there or just go in the single files and do the changes after all it's just adding an -O2 and replacing a 2 and a 7 with a 3 and a 1

can you give some more details please ? if I extract it to NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-275.09 then
sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-275.09 --apply-patch patch.txt ?
please give me step by step I'm not a coder

[weltall]

cd to the folder "kernel" then patch -p0 < patch.txt

[RUSTY]

Originally Posted by weltall

cd to the folder "kernel" then patch -p0 < patch.txt

thanks alot I just patched it. I'll try it later today I gotta go now. Thanks alot.

[RUSTY]

I just tried to install patched driver with sudo ./nvidia-installer and still get the same message:

"If you are using a Linux 2.4 kernel, please make sure
you either have configured kernel sources matching your
kernel or the correct set of kernel headers installed
on your system.

If you are using a Linux 2.6 kernel, please make sure
you have configured kernel sources matching your kernel
installed on your system. If you specified a separate
output directory using either the "KBUILD_OUTPUT" or
the "O" KBUILD parameter, make sure to specify this
directory with the SYSOUT environment variable or with
the equivalent nvidia-installer command line option.

Depending on where and how the kernel sources (or the
kernel headers) were installed, you may need to specify
their location with the SYSSRC environment variable or
the equivalent nvidia-installer command line option."

[weltall]

well check by hand the conftest for the O2 that message should be generated in the case that patch wasn't applied (as for the version patch it returned an error while building, in place, if it wasn't applied). at least by doing -K --kernel-name=name it worked here (i build the modules for a newly installed kernel before starting it)

[Dizzle7677]

Originally Posted by RUSTY

I just tried to install patched driver with sudo ./nvidia-installer and still get the same message:

"If you are using a Linux 2.4 kernel, please make sure
you either have configured kernel sources matching your
kernel or the correct set of kernel headers installed
on your system.

If you are using a Linux 2.6 kernel, please make sure
you have configured kernel sources matching your kernel
installed on your system. If you specified a separate
output directory using either the "KBUILD_OUTPUT" or
the "O" KBUILD parameter, make sure to specify this
directory with the SYSOUT environment variable or with
the equivalent nvidia-installer command line option.

Depending on where and how the kernel sources (or the
kernel headers) were installed, you may need to specify
their location with the SYSSRC environment variable or
the equivalent nvidia-installer command line option."

Getting the same thing using a patched 275.09 and linux-3.0.0-rc1. Tried adding --kernel-name and --kernel-source-patch also but no luck as of yet.

[gun26]

Sorry if the patch is giving people problems. I diffed in the kernel directory because the PKGBUILD (a.k.a. build script) for my Arch distro changes to that directory to compile the Nvidia module. It doesn't directly use the Nvidia installer.

For those using the Nvidia installer, here are step by step instructions, assuming both NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.41.19.run (or whatever version you're using - sub in the right name if necessary in the instructions) and kernel-3.0-rc1.patch.txt are in your home directory, and that you use sudo to run the Nvidia installer:

$ sh .NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.41.19.run --extract-only
$ cd NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.41.19.run/kernel
$ cat ../../kernel-3.0-rc1.patch.txt | patch -p0
$ cd ..
$ sudo ./nvidia-installer