[LAD] rt-kernel and nvidia graphic card

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Mon, 2012-01-30 at 19:08 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Mon, 2012-01-30 at 17:40 +0100, Dominique Michel wrote: 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have an asus amd64 PC with a nvidia GeForce 8800 GT graphic card. This
> > PC is working fine with the gentoo-kernel and the nvidia proprietary
> > kernel module.
> > 
> > I want to experiment with the rt-kernel. It is 3 modules for the
> > nvidia card. 
> > 
> > - The nvidia proprietary module, I guess that this is not necessarily a
> >   good choice because it will not be patched for use with the rt-kernel.
> >   But I am not sure.
> > 
> > - The 2 others are with the kernel, nv and nouveau.
> > 
> > Which module will be best to use with the rt-kernel?
> > 
> > Ciao,
> > Dominique
> > 
> 
> nv only!
> 
> You can try nvidia, after faking the license for the kernel-rt by
> 
> sed -i \
> 
> 's/EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(migrate_enable);/EXPORT_SYMBOL(migrate_enable);/'
> \
>     kernel/sched.c
>   
>   sed -i \
> 
> 's/EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(migrate_disable);/EXPORT_SYMBOL(migrate_disable);/' \
>     kernel/sched.c
>   
>   sed -i \
> 
> 's/EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__rt_mutex_init);/EXPORT_SYMBOL(__rt_mutex_init);/' \
>     kernel/rtmutex.c

I mean nv or nvidia only, never use nouveau. I wonder if nouveau should
work.