Re: 2.6.10-mm1, class_simple_* and GPL addition

From: Norbert Preining (preining_at_logic.at)
Date: 10/27/04

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To: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>

    Hi all!

    On Mit, 27 Okt 2004, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
    > > for class_simple_* makes the nvidia module useless as it uses several:
    >
    > is this the module as downloaded from nvidia, or as hacked by some
    > distro ?
    >

    On Mit, 27 Okt 2004, Greg KH wrote:
    > I think these changes are only in the Gentoo modified version of the
    > driver, right? I don't think that nvidia wrote the driver that way.

    Yes they did. I downloaded the original NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6111-pkg1.run,
    extracted the source and found in nv.c many things like:
    #ifdef NV_CLASS_SIMPLE_PRESENT
        class_simple_device_remove(MKDEV(NV_MAJOR_DEVICE_NUMBER, 255));
        for (i = 0; i < num_nv_devices; i++)
            class_simple_device_remove(MKDEV(NV_MAJOR_DEVICE_NUMBER, i));
        class_simple_destroy(class_nvidia);
    #endif

    and in conftest.sh the check for class_simple_present by checking for
    struct class_simple.

    > > I don't want to start a flame war and long discussion, just want to ask
    > > wether this change (to _GPL) was intended,
    >
    > Yes it was.

    Ok. I can live with that.

    > > and if yes, if there is a way to fix nvidia kernel modules (or others)
    > > using this device management interface.
    >
    > Get them to change the license on their code.

    Well, funny answer, but not useful for now.

    Best wishes

    Norbert

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