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Greg Meyer wrote:
> On Thursday 02 October 2003 06:22, Buchan Milne wrote:

> This time I was just going to use your kernel instead of building my
own, but
> I have to install the nVidia binary drivers also, so I need the
kernel-source
> installed.  I didn't realize at first that the kernel source for the
win4lin
> kernel is the same as the kernel-source for the stock mdk kernel.
>
> In the past, I patched and built a kernel and then installed the nVidia
> drivers and have never had any problems with module dependencies.

Actually, it's really only an issue when installing kernel modules via rpm:

$ rpm -q --scripts NVIDIA_kernel-2.4.22-9mdk
postinstall scriptlet (using /bin/sh):
depmod -a -F /boot/System.map-2.4.22-9mdk 2.4.22-9mdk ||:
insmod nvidia 2>/dev/null >/dev/null || :
postuninstall scriptlet (using /bin/sh):
depmod -a -F /boot/System.map-2.4.22-9mdk 2.4.22-9mdk ||:
rmmod nvidia 2>/dev/null

The normal System.map doesn't know some things about the win4lin kernel
modules.

If you manually run depmod when booted on the win4lin kernel, it should
be ok. But it does mean that installing other modules via rpm is not as
easy as it should be ...

Regards,
Buchan

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