[LAU] Re: [linux-audio-user] Patch-2.6.20-rt8 and Nvidia Drivers

[Brad Fuller]

Ken Restivo wrote:
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> On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 04:49:50PM -0700, Brad Fuller wrote:
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>> Thomas Kuther wrote:
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>>> On Mo, 12.03.07 17:22 "Reuben Martin" <reuben.m at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> I believe only the migration helpers patch is needed for the legacy
>>>> 96** series.
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>>> Yes, the kmem_cache_t removal patch is not important. The new 9755
>>> driver doesn't need to be patched at all.
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>>> Tom
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>>>> On 3/12/07, Thomas Kuther <gimpel at sonnenkinder.org> wrote:
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>>>>> On Mo, 12.03.07 19:00 David Baron <d_baron at 012.net.il> wrote:
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>>>>>> At least the 9631 version of the Nvidia video driver did not
>>>>>> compile after the patch was applied and the kernel successfully
>>>>>> build and booted. Same would definitely hold for older Nvidia
>>>>>> versions and possibly newer ones as well.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Problem: A bunch of obseleted #define SA_..... entries
>>>>>> in the linux source/include/linux/interrupt.h
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>>>>>> They say do not use in newer code but Nvidia does need them.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Solution: Copy these from an older or unpatched version of this
>>>>>> file and then paste into the new one. One need not rebuild the
>>>>>> kernel since these are no longer used there. After do this,
>>>>>> Nvidia will build and run fine (so far).
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>>>>> Don't "fix" the kernel, but fix the drivers ;)
>>>>> Patches for 9746 driver attached.
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>> Tom,
>> where did you get these patches? I have an MX4000 and apparently the
>> last nvidia driver to support this chipset is v9731, but I can't get it
>> to work. I assume I need these patches and possibly copy over the
>> obsoleted #define SA_..... entries?
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>> And, what is the "migration helpers patch"?
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>> Basically: do you know what I need to do to make the nvidia driver
>> version that works for MX4000 work?
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> OK, I have to ask a really stupid question. I was told that no special kernel modules or proprietary drivers are required in order to get Nvidia graphics chips working: the free "nv" driver is supposed to work just fine (for 2D anyway, which is all I need).
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> Am I missing something? Did I make a boo-boo by buying a machine with an Nvidia chip?
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no, nv works fine. But, I need the 3D for this:
http://croquetproject.org/index.php/Main_Page

Anybody help? I was fine w/o the realtime kernel. Now, I'm stuck.

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