On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 9:23 AM, Chris Snook <csnook@redhat.com> wrote:
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> drago01 wrote:
>  > 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?
>
>  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.

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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