Hi !

Thanks for so comprehensive explanation. So, after all, its seems it is 
impossible to build nvidia kernel module for kernel-xen-2.6.22? And no 
workaround till nvidia fixes all that?

PS. I have kernel-syms 2.6.22 installed.


On Thursday 06 September 2007 00:48:38 Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> On Sep 5 2007 22:50, Andrei Verovski (aka MacGuru) wrote:
> >Is there nVidia kernel module for 2.6.22 XEN kernel? At first, I have
> > tried to compile it myself with nvidia original package, but process
> > fails with message "no corresponding kernel sources found", even if I
> > specify
> >--kernel-source-path=. Yes, I did "make cloneconig" and "make prepare"
> > after rebooting into xen kernel.
>
> Note http://jengelh.hopto.org/linux/adm_cloneconfig.php ...
>
> >Quite strange since for default kernel everything went smoothly.
> >
> >Then, I took "nvidia-gfx-100.14.11-jen9.src.rpm" and tried to rebuild
> > nvidia kernel modules for all flavors.
> >
> >At first, there is a typo in spec file:
>
> Hm, must have gone unnoticed.
>
> >rpmbuild -ba nvidia-gfx.spec
> >error: line 46: Dependency tokens must begin with alpha-numeric, '_' or
> > '/': BuildRequires:  %                 kernel_module_package_buildreq
> >
> >I simply commented line 46 and everything went fine.
> >
> >However, after all, there still no nvidia kernel modules built for xen
> > kernel.
>
> If you lack kernel-syms installed (which is part of kernel...buildreq
> above, surprise surprise), then no compilation for anything but your
> currently running flavor.
>
> >Anyone can explain what went wrong?
>
> IIRC nvidia crapola will not compile with xen, hence it is disabled
> in the line %suse_kernel_module_package.
>
>
>
>       Jan
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