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Re: Reexport init_mm ?

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From: drago01 <drago01@...>
To: kernel list <linux-kernel@...>
Subject: Reexport init_mm ?
Date: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 - 4:29 am

Hi,

init_mm is no longer exported in 2.6.25, because there are no in tree

modules that use it.

But the closed sources nvidia drivers are using it.

Is it possible to reexport this symbol to let the driver work with this kernel?


Please CC me when repyling.

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From: Chris Snook <csnook@...>
To: drago01 <drago01@...>
Cc: kernel list <linux-kernel@...>
Subject: Re: Reexport init_mm ?
Date: Thursday, February 28, 2008 - 3:23 am

The fact that there are no in-tree modules that use init_mm is rather

compelling evidence that it's not a necessary part of the kernel module

API.  Nvidia needs to fix their code.  If this is a burden, perhaps they

should publish their code under a GPLv2-compatible license so we can

show them how to do it.


	-- Chris

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From: Ioan Ionita <opslynx@...>
To: Chris Snook <csnook@...>
Cc: drago01 <drago01@...>, kernel list <linux-kernel@...>
Subject: Re: Reexport init_mm ?
Date: Friday, February 29, 2008 - 9:26 am

Publish it and get it merged so you'd have no choice but to keep the

symbol exported in the first place?

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From: Chris Snook <csnook@...>
To: Ioan Ionita <opslynx@...>
Cc: drago01 <drago01@...>, kernel list <linux-kernel@...>
Subject: Re: Reexport init_mm ?
Date: Friday, February 29, 2008 - 2:01 pm

High-performance graphics developers are pretty much the last people on

earth I want to see writing code that calls init_mm.  These people

patent their bugs, rather than fixing them, when they turn out to make

things go a little faster and generate "mostly correct" results.  I

think we have a lot to teach them about kernel driver development,

including how to get by without init_mm being exported.


	-- Chris


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From: Ioan Ionita <opslynx@...>
To: Chris Snook <csnook@...>
Cc: drago01 <drago01@...>, kernel list <linux-kernel@...>
Subject: Re: Reexport init_mm ?
Date: Saturday, March 1, 2008 - 7:46 am

Interesting how the less knowledgeable seem to be the ones who sign the NDAs

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From: Dave Airlie <airlied@...>
To: drago01 <drago01@...>
Cc: kernel list <linux-kernel@...>
Subject: Re: Reexport init_mm ?
Date: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 - 5:10 am

Yes we'll get to it right away...


Oh wait...


Dave.

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