Hi Debian Kernel, The ATI fglrx proprietary driver fails to link with 2.6.20 and it seems this is due to CONFIG_PARAVIRT. People with custom kernels without CONFIG_PARAVIRT could build this module. Is there a workaround we could use in the Debian kernel packages to permit building? Do you see any other way to solve this problem?
The exact error is: dh_testroot rm -f configure-stamp rm -f fglrx.ko fglrx.mod.c *.o libfglrx_ip.a rm -f .version .*.o.flags .*.o.d .*.o.cmd .*.ko.cmd rm -rf .tmp_versions rm -rf patch dh_clean rm /usr/src/modules/fglrx/debian/control rm /usr/src/modules/fglrx/debian/dirs rm: cannot remove `/usr/src/modules/fglrx/debian/dirs': No such file or directory make: [clean] Error 1 (ignored) if [ -f /usr/src/modules/fglrx/debian/control.template ]; then \ cat /usr/src/modules/fglrx/debian/control.template > /usr/src/modules/fglrx/debian/control; \ fi dh_testdir touch configure-stamp dh_testdir /usr/bin/make -C /lib/modules/2.6.20-1-686/build SUBDIRS=/usr/src/modules/fglrx modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.20-1-686' CC [M] /usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.o /usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:549: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type /usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c: In function ‘firegl_stub_open’: /usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:672: warning: assignment discards qualifiers from pointer target type /usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c: In function ‘__ke_smp_call_function’: /usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:4202: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘smp_call_function’ from incompatible pointer type /usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c: At top level: /usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:4931: warning: ‘kmem_cache_t’ is deprecated /usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c: In function ‘KAS_Thread_Start’: /usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:5361: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type /usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c: In function ‘KAS_ExecuteAtLevel’: /usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:4809: warning: ‘flags’ may be used uninitialized in this function LD [M] /usr/src/modules/fglrx/fglrx.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 1 modules FATAL: modpost: GPL-incompatible module fglrx.ko uses GPL-only symbol 'paravirt_ops' make[2]: *** [__modpost] Error 1 make[1]: *** [modules] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.20-1-686' make: *** [build] Error 2 BUILD FAILED! Bye, -- Loïc Minier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>