Can you patch the patch and get it changed at that localtion or perhaps link
it somewhere else? I realized that that was probably not 100% but It is what
I am using on my computer. Thanks for the help
Salane
On Friday 21 September 2001 07:04 pm, you wrote:
> On 20010922 Salane wrote:
> >How to install NVIDIA drivers for Mandrake-Linux 8.1
> >By Salane King
>
> ...
>
> >then download the following patch from;
> >http://www.cyber.com.au/users/ashridah/nvidia_devfs-patch_1.0-1512.patch
>
> That patch has a small bug:
>
> @@ -1032,7 +1075,6 @@
>
> void cleanup_module(void)
> {
> - int rc; <==================== If this is removed, 'nc' is undefined
> when compiling without devfs
> nv_linux_state_t *nvl;
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
> @@ -1059,9 +1101,23 @@
>
> And, btw, COULD ANYBODY ASK NVIDIA TO READ LKML ?? After two versions, this
> is still there:
>
> #include <linux/poll.h>
> -#include <linux/malloc.h> /* kmalloc().. */
> +#include <linux/slab.h> /* kmalloc().. */
> #include <linux/vmalloc.h> /* vmalloc().. */
>
> The same happens with ALSA. And with LM-Sensors. And compatibility is not
> an issue, slab.h is also present in 2.2.
>
> I know, it is a harmless bug. But the fix is stupid. This can be seen as a
> measure of the interest on Linux.
