On 21.12.2014 15:09, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote: > I am having a permanent fan problem with my obviously esoteric graphics > card (NVIDIA GeForce GT 630, see [1], [2]) for which I found a viable, > but tediuos workaround: > - get the kernel src.rpm > - apply a specific patch to the nouveau driver > - build and install new kernel rpms (see [3]). > > I still have to do this on Fedora 21 with the actual kernel version > 3.17.6-300, and I fear it will last a while until this problem might be > addressed (if ever). > > Now doing this the way described in [3] always means copying and moving > GBs of code (not to mention the build time), although just a few lines > of code are affected. > So I thought about rebuilding only the nouveau module instead of > compiling the complete kernel source each time the Fedora kernel gets an > update. Of course, there are lots of instructions available on building > kernel modules, but I found none that refers to a Redhat/Fedora kernel > source (there is a section 'Building Only Kernel Modules' in the wiki > [3], but this is sort of inapprehensible for me and seems to be outdated). > > So any hint would be greatly appreciated. > Klaus
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2014-November/123954.html The only difference with regard to 3.17 compatibility, point to 3.17 branch i.e. git clone -b linux-3.17 git://people.freedesktop.org/~darktama/nouveau -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
