Package: nvidia-kernel-source
Version: 1.0.8776-2
Severity: important

The NVIDIA kernel module fails to build with the just released Linux
kernel 2.6.19.  Here's an excerpt from the log:

$ fakeroot make-kpkg modules_image

[...lots of output truncated]
NVIDIA: calling KBUILD...
make CC=gcc-4.1 -C /usr/src/linux-2.6.19 
SUBDIRS=/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv modules
make[4]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.19'
echo \#define NV_COMPILER \"`gcc-4.1 -v 2>&1 | tail -n 1`\" > 
/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv/nv_compiler.h
  CC [M]  /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv/nv.o
In file included from /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv/nv.c:14:
/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv/nv-linux.h:17:26: error: linux/config.h: No 
such file or directory
[...more output snipped]

Module /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel failed.
Hit return to Continue

$

Oh well, the kernel 2.6.19 no longer has a config.h.  No big deal,
config.h just #included <linux/autoconf.h>, so I copied it from the
previous kernel:

$ cp /usr/src/linux-2.6.18.3/include/linux/config.h 
/usr/src/linux-2.6.19/include/linux
$ fakeroot make-kpkg modules_image

[...lots of warnings skipped]
/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv/nv-i2c.c: At top level:
/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv/nv-i2c.c:26: error: unknown field 
'slave_send' specified in initializer
/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv/nv-i2c.c:27: error: unknown field 
'slave_recv' specified in initializer
make[5]: *** [/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv/nv-i2c.o] Error 1
make[4]: *** [_module_/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv] Error 2
make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.19'
NVIDIA: left KBUILD.
nvidia.ko failed to build!
make[3]: *** [mdl] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv'
make[2]: *** [build-stamp] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel'
make[1]: *** [kdist_image] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel'
Module /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel failed.
Hit return to Continue

$

At which point I decided to give up. :-(


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18.3
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages nvidia-kernel-source depends on:
ii  debhelper                     5.0.41     helper programs for debian/rules
ii  dpatch                        2.0.20     patch maintenance system for Debia
ii  make                          3.81-3     The GNU version of the "make" util
ii  sed                           4.1.5-1    The GNU sed stream editor

Versions of packages nvidia-kernel-source recommends:
ii  devscripts                    2.9.26     Scripts to make the life of a Debi
ii  kernel-package                10.065     A utility for building Linux kerne
ii  nvidia-glx                    1.0.8776-2 NVIDIA binary XFree86 4.x driver

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