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onearm

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2.6.24 and nvidia drivers

I'm trying to compile latest nvidia drivers (169.09) against my custom kernel (no patches added, simply vanilla with customized config) but everytime makepkg exits with

If you are using a Linux 2.4 kernel, please make sure
you either have configured kernel sources matching your
kernel or the correct set of kernel headers installed
on your system.

If you are using a Linux 2.6 kernel, please make sure
you have configured kernel sources matching your kernel
installed on your system. If you specified a separate
output directory using either the "KBUILD_OUTPUT" or
the "O" KBUILD parameter, make sure to specify this
directory with the SYSOUT environment variable or with
the equivalent nvidia-installer command line option.

Depending on where and how the kernel sources (or the
kernel headers) were installed, you may need to specify
their location with the SYSSRC environment variable or
the equivalent nvidia-installer command line option.

*** Unable to determine the target kernel version. ***

make: *** [select_makefile] Error 1

this is the pkgbuild I'm using and that has been working for all the previous drivers' releases (Mandos is the name I use for my custom kernel)

pkgname=nvidia-mandos
pkgver=169.09
_kernver='2.6.24-mandos'
_pkgnum=pkg1
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="NVIDIA drivers for the Mandos kernel."
arch=(i686 x86_64)
[ "$CARCH" = "i686"   ] && ARCH=x86
[ "$CARCH" = "x86_64" ] && ARCH=x86_64
url="http://www.nvidia.com/"
depends=('kernel26mandos' 'nvidia-utils')
install=nvidia.install
source=(http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-$ARCH/${pkgver}/NVIDIA-Linux-$ARCH-${pkgver}-${_pkgnum}.run )
[ "$CARCH" = "x86_64" ] && md5sums=('f5340e4bbce811add994b1685cdea03b')
md5sums=('26a7f94908bbe07a1110fd78cfa81320')


build()
{
  # Extract
  cd $startdir/src/
  sh NVIDIA-Linux-$ARCH-${pkgver}-${_pkgnum}.run --extract-only \
  -k ${_kernvar}
  cd NVIDIA-Linux-$ARCH-${pkgver}-${_pkgnum}
  
  # Any extra patches are applied in here...

  cd usr/src/nv/
  ln -s Makefile.kbuild Makefile
  make SYSSRC=/lib/modules/${_kernver}/build module 
  
  # install kernel module
  mkdir -p $startdir/pkg/lib/modules/${_kernver}/kernel/drivers/video/
  install -m644 nvidia.ko $startdir/pkg/lib/modules/${_kernver}/kernel/drivers/video/

  sed -i -e "s/KERNEL_VERSION='.*'/KERNEL_VERSION='${_kernver}'/" $startdir/*.install
}

I'm sure it must be something very simple because I know that these drivers work with the 2.6.24 kernel but for the life of me I can't figure what's wrong.
Obviously the same pkgbuild works flawlessly with the 2.6.23 kernel (it's what I'm using right now) and the kernel configuration is pratically the same (I have added a couple of new netfilter options as modules, that's all)

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wavenator

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Re: 2.6.24 and nvidia drivers

i had this problem and took me long time to find out whats the problem

look
you removed the custom kernel compilation folder

when you do make modules_install the "/lib/modules/*your_kernel_name/build" folder connect to the folder which you compiled from
get ur kernel source code folder and put it in the direction it was before

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brebs

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Re: 2.6.24 and nvidia drivers

See thread. Debug nvidia's conftest.sh

Last edited by brebs (2008-01-28 12:56:58)

onearm

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Re: 2.6.24 and nvidia drivers

@wavenator: no it wasn't the problem. And, btw, I'm pretty sure of having compiled previous nvidia drivers without having the src directory of the kernel

@brebs: could you please elaborate a bit about the debugging? It's a huge script and I'm not that good at shell scripting. Anyway, running directly nvidia-installer works in the sense that it doesn't give me any errors but I don't see any modules installed anywhere.

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somedrew

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Re: 2.6.24 and nvidia drivers

I have a feeling that it's do to with the new(ish) and ongoing x86 merges in the kernel source (at least that's what happened to me with the same error given).
Are you using one of the (kernel) PKGBUILDS from the wiki or your own custom one? They (wiki; if custom, have they?) haven't yet been update to reflect the x86 merges in 2.6.24 and therefore are not copying the appropriate files into /usr/src/`uname -r` that the nvidia installer requires.
Easiest fix is to just grab the kernel source for 2.6.24 and direct the installer to that location. A better approach would be to update the kernel PKGBUILD to reflect the new directory changes in 2.6.24.
Though it could be something else entirely...

HTH
cheers,

Last edited by somedrew (2008-01-29 08:53:52)

brebs

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Re: 2.6.24 and nvidia drivers

Just look in the script for "Unable to determine the target kernel version", and see what could cause that.

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Re: 2.6.24 and nvidia drivers

This is the relevant part of conftest.sh (it's part of a case statement):

    select_makefile)
        #
        # Select which Makefile to use based on the version of the
        # kernel we are building against: use the kbuild Makefile for
        # 2.6 and newer kernels, and the old Makefile for kernels older
        # than 2.6.
        #
        rm -f Makefile
        RET=1
        VERBOSE=$6
        FILE="linux/version.h"
        SELECTED_MAKEFILE=

        if [ -f $HEADERS/$FILE -o -f $OUTPUT/include/$FILE ]; then
            #
            # We are either looking at a configured kernel source
            # tree or at headers shipped for a specific kernel.
            # Determine the kernel version using a compile check.
            #
            echo "#include <linux/autoconf.h>
            #include <linux/version.h>
            #include <linux/utsname.h>
            int main() {
              if (LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,0)) {
                return 0;
              } else {
                return 1;
              }
            }" > conftest$$.c

            $HOSTCC $CFLAGS -o conftest$$ conftest$$.c > /dev/null 2>&1
            rm -f conftest$$.c

            if [ -f conftest$$ ]; then
                ./conftest$$ > /dev/null 2>&1
                if [ $? = "0" ]; then
                    SELECTED_MFILE=Makefile.kbuild
                else
                    SELECTED_MFILE=Makefile.nvidia
                fi
                rm -f conftest$$
                RET=0
            fi
        else
            MAKEFILE=$HEADERS/../Makefile
            CONFIG=$HEADERS/../.config

            if [ -f $MAKEFILE -a -f $CONFIG ]; then
                #
                # This source tree is not configured, but includes
                # a Makefile and a .config file. If this is a 2.6
                # kernel older than 2.6.6, that's all we require to
                # build the module.
                #
                PATCHLEVEL=$(grep "^PATCHLEVEL =" $MAKEFILE | cut -d " " -f 3)
                SUBLEVEL=$(grep "^SUBLEVEL =" $MAKEFILE | cut -d " " -f 3)

                if [ -n "$PATCHLEVEL" -a $PATCHLEVEL -ge 6 \
                        -a -n "$SUBLEVEL" -a $SUBLEVEL -le 5 ]; then
                    SELECTED_MFILE=Makefile.kbuild
                    RET=0
                fi
            fi
        fi

        if [ "$RET" = "0" ]; then
            # Use rmlite Makefile instead of .kbuild if available
            if [ "$SELECTED_MFILE" = "Makefile.kbuild" -a -f Makefile.rmlite ]; then
                SELECTED_MFILE=Makefile.rmlite
            fi
            ln -s $SELECTED_MFILE Makefile
        else
            echo "If you are using a Linux 2.4 kernel, please make sure";
            echo "you either have configured kernel sources matching your";
            echo "kernel or the correct set of kernel headers installed";
            echo "on your system.";
            echo "";
            echo "If you are using a Linux 2.6 kernel, please make sure";
            echo "you have configured kernel sources matching your kernel";
            echo "installed on your system. If you specified a separate";
            echo "output directory using either the \"KBUILD_OUTPUT\" or";
            echo "the \"O\" KBUILD parameter, make sure to specify this";
            echo "directory with the SYSOUT environment variable or with";
            echo "the equivalent nvidia-installer command line option.";
            echo "";
            echo "Depending on where and how the kernel sources (or the";
            echo "kernel headers) were installed, you may need to specify";
            echo "their location with the SYSSRC environment variable or";
            echo "the equivalent nvidia-installer command line option.";
            echo "";
            if [ "$VERBOSE" = "full_output" ]; then
                echo "*** Unable to determine the target kernel version. ***";
                echo "";
            fi
        fi
        exit $RET
    ;;

The references to Makefile and kbuild has made me think that it has something to do with, has somedrew said, the changes in the directory tree of the 2.6.24 kernel. For example, comparing the kernel sources, the Kconfig and Makefile files under arch/i386/ in the 2.6.23 are different from the same files under arch/x86/ in the newer 2.6.24 because the latters are meant to serve both x86 and x86_64 archs.
Indeed, as somedrew suggested, building the nvidia module using the kernel 2.6.24 source directory directly, without using a pkgbuild, works.
I'm going to recompile the kernel after trying to modify the pkgbuild (I'm not a pkgbuild guru so it'd hardly work).

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Re: 2.6.24 and nvidia drivers

Ok, I've made some changes to the 2.6.24 but as I feared they weren't enough to compile correctly the nvidia drivers. Kernel works fine, but now when trying to compile the nvidia module against it, it exits with:

NVIDIA: calling KBUILD...
make CC=cc  KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 -C /lib/modules/2.6.24-mandos/build SUBDIRS=/var/abs/local/nvidia-mandos/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.09-pkg1/usr/src/nv modules
/usr/src/linux-2.6.24-mandos/arch/x86/Makefile:15: /usr/src/linux-2.6.24-mandos/arch/x86/Makefile_32: No such file or directory
test -e include/linux/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || (        \
    echo;                                \
    echo "  ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid.";        \
    echo "         include/linux/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing.";    \
    echo "         Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it.";    \
    echo;                                \
    /bin/false)
mkdir -p /var/abs/local/nvidia-mandos/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.09-pkg1/usr/src/nv/.tmp_versions ; rm -f /var/abs/local/nvidia-mandos/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.09-pkg1/usr/src/nv/.tmp_versions/*
make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/var/abs/local/nvidia-mandos/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.09-pkg1/usr/src/nv
  cc -Wp,-MD,/var/abs/local/nvidia-mandos/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.09-pkg1/usr/src/nv/.nv.o.d  -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.2.2/include -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude  -include include/linux/autoconf.h -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer  -fno-stack-protector -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign   -I/var/abs/local/nvidia-mandos/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.09-pkg1/usr/src/nv -Wall -Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wformat -Wchar-subscripts -Wparentheses -Wpointer-arith -Wno-multichar -Werror -MD   -Wsign-compare -Wno-cast-qual -Wno-error -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DNVRM -DNV_VERSION_STRING=\"169.09\" -UDEBUG -U_DEBUG -DNDEBUG  -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(nv)"  -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(nvidia)" -c -o /var/abs/local/nvidia-mandos/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.09-pkg1/usr/src/nv/.tmp_nv.o /var/abs/local/nvidia-mandos/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.09-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv.c
In file included from include/linux/list.h:8,
                 from include/linux/preempt.h:11,
                 from include/linux/spinlock.h:49,
                 from include/linux/seqlock.h:29,
                 from include/linux/time.h:8,
                 from include/linux/timex.h:57,
                 from include/linux/sched.h:53,
                 from include/linux/utsname.h:35,
                 from /var/abs/local/nvidia-mandos/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.09-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv-linux.h:19,
                 from /var/abs/local/nvidia-mandos/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.09-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv.c:14:
include/linux/prefetch.h: In function 'prefetch_range':
include/linux/prefetch.h:57: warning: pointer of type 'void *' used in arithmetic
In file included from include/asm/mpspec.h:2,
                 from include/asm/smp_32.h:15,
                 from include/asm/smp.h:2,
                 from include/linux/smp.h:19,
                 from include/linux/sched.h:68,
                 from include/linux/utsname.h:35,
                 from /var/abs/local/nvidia-mandos/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.09-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv-linux.h:19,
                 from /var/abs/local/nvidia-mandos/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.09-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv.c:14:
include/asm/mpspec_32.h:6:25: error: mach_mpspec.h: No such file or directory
In file included from include/asm/mpspec.h:2,
                 from include/asm/smp_32.h:15,
                 from include/asm/smp.h:2,
                 from include/linux/smp.h:19,
                 from include/linux/sched.h:68,
                 from include/linux/utsname.h:35,
                 from /var/abs/local/nvidia-mandos/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.09-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv-linux.h:19,
                 from /var/abs/local/nvidia-mandos/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.09-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv.c:14:
include/asm/mpspec_32.h: At top level:
include/asm/mpspec_32.h:8: error: 'MAX_MP_BUSSES' undeclared here (not in a function)
include/asm/mpspec_32.h:22: error: 'MAX_IRQ_SOURCES' undeclared here (not in a function)
In file included from include/asm/smp.h:2,
                 from include/linux/smp.h:19,
                 from include/linux/sched.h:68,
                 from include/linux/utsname.h:35,
                 from /var/abs/local/nvidia-mandos/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.09-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv-linux.h:19,
                 from /var/abs/local/nvidia-mandos/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.09-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv.c:14:
include/asm/smp_32.h:157:26: error: mach_apicdef.h: No such file or directory
In file included from include/asm/smp.h:2,
                 from include/linux/smp.h:19,
                 from include/linux/sched.h:68,
                 from include/linux/utsname.h:35,
                 from /var/abs/local/nvidia-mandos/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.09-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv-linux.h:19,
                 from /var/abs/local/nvidia-mandos/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.09-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv.c:14:
include/asm/smp_32.h: In function 'hard_smp_processor_id':
include/asm/smp_32.h:161: error: implicit declaration of function 'GET_APIC_ID'
In file included from include/asm/dma-mapping_32.h:5,
                 from include/asm/dma-mapping.h:2,
                 from include/linux/dma-mapping.h:52,
                 from include/asm-generic/pci-dma-compat.h:7,
                 from include/asm/pci.h:88,
                 from include/linux/pci.h:796,
                 from /var/abs/local/nvidia-mandos/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.09-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv-linux.h:86,
                 from /var/abs/local/nvidia-mandos/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.09-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv.c:14:
include/linux/scatterlist.h: In function 'sg_virt':
include/linux/scatterlist.h:293: warning: pointer of type 'void *' used in arithmetic
In file included from include/asm/irq.h:2,
                 from include/linux/irq.h:23,
                 from include/asm/hardirq_32.h:5,
                 from include/asm/hardirq.h:2,
                 from include/linux/hardirq.h:7,
                 from include/linux/interrupt.h:11,
                 from /var/abs/local/nvidia-mandos/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.09-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv-linux.h:87,
                 from /var/abs/local/nvidia-mandos/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.09-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv.c:14:
include/asm/irq_32.h:15:25: error: irq_vectors.h: No such file or directory
In file included from include/asm/irq.h:2,
                 from include/linux/irq.h:23,
                 from include/asm/hardirq_32.h:5,
                 from include/asm/hardirq.h:2,
                 from include/linux/hardirq.h:7,
                 from include/linux/interrupt.h:11,
                 from /var/abs/local/nvidia-mandos/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.09-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv-linux.h:87,
                 from /var/abs/local/nvidia-mandos/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.09-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv.c:14:
include/asm/irq_32.h: At top level:
include/asm/irq_32.h:49: error: 'NR_VECTORS' undeclared here (not in a function)
In file included from include/asm/hardirq_32.h:5,
                 from include/asm/hardirq.h:2,
                 from include/linux/hardirq.h:7,
                 from include/linux/interrupt.h:11,
                 from /var/abs/local/nvidia-mandos/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.09-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv-linux.h:87,
                 from /var/abs/local/nvidia-mandos/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.09-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv.c:14:
include/linux/irq.h:180: error: 'NR_IRQS' undeclared here (not in a function)
In file included from include/linux/interrupt.h:11,
                 from /var/abs/local/nvidia-mandos/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.09-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv-linux.h:87,
                 from /var/abs/local/nvidia-mandos/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.09-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv.c:14:
include/linux/hardirq.h:40:27: warning: "NR_IRQS" is not defined
make[3]: *** [/var/abs/local/nvidia-mandos/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.09-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [_module_/var/abs/local/nvidia-mandos/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.09-pkg1/usr/src/nv] Error 2
NVIDIA: left KBUILD.
nvidia.ko failed to build!
make[1]: *** [module] Error 1
make: *** [module] Error 2

which is the same error as here but both solutions, the patch and the symlink+sysrc change in the pkgbuild, don't work (same message as above).

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CuleX

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Re: 2.6.24 and nvidia drivers

Guess what? nVidia released at January 29 a new driver:
http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/L … 5-pkg1.run

The PKGBUILD failed somehow (No devices were created), but manually installing has worked. FINALLY TRANSPARENT URXVTS AGAIN!

I have no idea what was fixed, but it's working. Eventually you may know this already, but i just had to post this.

(AFAIK there's for the 100-series a new one out, too)

Last edited by CuleX (2008-02-01 17:58:23)

brebs

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Re: 2.6.24 and nvidia drivers

Download the vanilla kernel 2.6.24 from kernel.org and use the pkgbuild from /var/abs/extra/x11/nvidia/ - works fine for me, never seen the error mentioned in this thread. With nvidia 169.09 and (today) 171.05

onearm

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Re: 2.6.24 and nvidia drivers

Yes, manually installing the drivers works but I hate to leave files not managed by pacman in /
Any pkgbuilds combinations (standard nvidia one, my custom nvidia pkgbuild etc) don't work so I'd say that is somewhat solved.

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Re: 2.6.24 and nvidia drivers

Download the vanilla kernel 2.6.24 from kernel.org and use the pkgbuild from /var/abs/extra/x11/nvidia/ - works fine for me, never seen the error mentioned in this thread. With nvidia 169.09 and (today) 171.05

The 171.05 driver release is intended for use with Tesla S870 GPU Computing Systems, only.

broch

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Re: 2.6.24 and nvidia drivers

i did not have any issues with nvidia and vanilla 2.6.24
created symlink and nvidia installed without any more problems.

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Re: 2.6.24 and nvidia drivers

maybe I should explain this
error:

If you are using a Linux 2.4 kernel, please make sure
you either have configured kernel sources matching your
kernel or the correct set of kernel headers installed
on your system.

means missing asm-i386

create symlink in
/usr/src/linux-2.6.24/include

ln -s asm-x86 asm-i386

next install nvidia driver

however nvidia will not install on the latest git (2.6.24.-git13). This is know issue and confirmed by nVidia:
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthr … 7&t=107144
read post #5

this is not related to your error though

Last edited by broch (2008-02-06 20:11:06)

onearm

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Re: 2.6.24 and nvidia drivers

Nope, it doesn't make any difference. I'm still stuck at the "NVIDIA: left KBUILD" phase. As I said, installing the drivers manually works and this makes me think that it's a pkgbuild-related problem after the 2.6.24 merging of x86 with x86_64 in the source.

I'm modifying the kernel pkgbuild to death without getting anywhere; what is weird is that even with an unmodified vanilla kernel pkgbuild the nvidia drivers fail to build. But I'm not savy enough to find the culprit.

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Re: 2.6.24 and nvidia drivers

well, hmm..
I don't use pkgbuild neither for nvidia nor for kernels

Mainly because I want to have all my kernels to have at the same time nvidia module installed so when i switch from one kernel to another I always have nvidia running without further deinstallation from one and installation to another.

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Re: 2.6.24 and nvidia drivers

That's why you haven't had any problems

Anyway, I'm not too fond of installing things manually outside the package manager's reach so I'm sticking with the pkgbuild "method". Given that I'm out of further ideas at the moment, does anyone have a working 2.6.24 pkgbuild with a working as well nvidia drivers one (169.* series) so I can test what's actually wrong with my system? Thanks in advance

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Eradest

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Re: 2.6.24 and nvidia drivers

I also still get that error mentioned in the first post

Last edited by Eradest (2008-02-09 14:13:12)

shazeal

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Re: 2.6.24 and nvidia drivers

The default package build copies files from arch/i386, that needs to be changed to arch/x86. It also only tries to copy Makefile and Makefile.cpu, it needs to copy Makefile, Makefile_32 and Makefile_32.cpu (all assuming your on 32 bit build of course). And of course the KARCH variable needs to be x86 not i386.

I made those changes to my package build and it all just works using the default nvidia PKGBUILD.

Heres some snippets of my package build.

[ "${CARCH}" = "i686" ]   && KARCH=x86

for i in acpi asm-{generic,x86} config linux math-emu media net pcmcia scsi s$
    cp -a include/$i $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/include/
  done

  # copy files necessary for later builds, like nvidia and vmware
  cp Module.symvers $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}
  cp -a scripts $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}
  # fix permissions on scripts dir
  chmod og-w -R $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/scripts
  #mkdir -p $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/.tmp_versions

  mkdir -p $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/arch/$KARCH/kernel

  cp arch/$KARCH/Makefile $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/arch/$KARCH/
  cp arch/$KARCH/Makefile_32 $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/arch/$KARC$
  cp arch/$KARCH/Makefile_32.cpu $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/arch/$$
  cp arch/$KARCH/kernel/asm-offsets.s $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/a$

Eradest

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Re: 2.6.24 and nvidia drivers

has this already been included in the official kernel26 2.6.24 PKGBUILD in testing?

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Re: 2.6.24 and nvidia drivers

Thank you shazeal for your input, I had made those changes myself but I didn't have this line in my pkgbuild:

  cp arch/$KARCH/Makefile_32 $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/arch/$KARCH

and now nvidia drivers 169.09 compile perfectly with any kernel

@eradest: looking briefly at the kernel26 pkgbuild it seems yes.

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arlite

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Re: 2.6.24 and nvidia drivers

Hi,
sorry for digging out this older thread.
I have the same problem.
Could you repost your full PKGBUILD, please?
The lines you posted had been cut off after the 78th character.

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Re: 2.6.24 and nvidia drivers

Sure, that's my current pkgbuild:

# Maintainer: onearm <forod.g@gmail.com>
#
pkgname=kernel26mandos
basekernel=2.6.25
basemandos=mandos
pkgver=${basekernel}
_menu_method='menuconfig'
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="The Linux Kernel and modules, with the Mandos patchset."
arch=(i686)
license=('GPL')
backup=('boot/kconfig26mandos' 'etc/mkinitcpio.d/kernel26mandos.preset')
depends=('module-init-tools' 'mkinitcpio>=0.5.9')
provides=('kernel26')
install=kernel26mandos.install

source=(ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-$basekernel.tar.bz2 \
  #http://www.tuxonice.net/downloads/all/tuxonice-3.0-rc5-for-$basekernel.patch.bz2 \
  #http://www.tuxonice.net/downloads/all/tuxonice-3.0-rc5-for-$basekernel-rc8-git4.patch.bz2 \
  #http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/uvesafb/archive/uvesafb-0.1-rc3-2.6.23-rc3.patch \
  #http://gaugusch.at/acpi-dsdt-initrd-patches/acpi-dsdt-initrd-v0.8.4-$basekernel.patch \
  #http://dev.gentoo.org/~dsd/genpatches/trunk/$basekernel/4300_squashfs-3.3.patch \
  mandos-version.patch \
  config config.x86_64 mkinitcpio-kernel26mandos.conf kernel26mandos.preset )
md5sums=('db95a49a656a3247d4995a797d333153'
         '034e56f1a71a70b9a9409ef943845253'
         '62a4a19a867efb4fd1b7bca286157111'
         '58d6e6977ad5dc3d6ae3738641861c82'
         '44c5e1c6ad916224e136c268893f2fac'
         'ef97361e79eecd21e35ccf926249c040')


# Function to grab var from src
getvar() {
  old=$(cat Makefile | grep "^$1")
  echo $(echo ${old/"$1 ="/} | sed -e "s/[ ]*\(.*\)[ ]*/\1/g")
  return 0
}

build() {
  [ "${CARCH}" == "i686" ]   && KARCH=x86
  [ "${CARCH}" == "x86_64" ] && KARCH=x86

  cd $startdir/src/linux-$basekernel
  
  # Patches galore!
  #patch -Np1 -i ../mandos-version.patch || return 1    
  #patch -Np1 -i ../uvesafb-0.1-rc3-2.6.23-rc3.patch || return 1
  #patch -Np1 -i ../tuxonice-3.0-rc5-for-$basekernel-rc8-git4.patch || return 1

  # Remove the extraversion from Makefile
  sed -i 's|^EXTRAVERSION =.*$|EXTRAVERSION = -mandos|g' Makefile
  
  if [ "${CARCH}" = "x86_64" ]; then
    mv ../config.x86_64 ./.config
  else
    mv ../config ./.config
  fi

    # save the current pkgname
    old_pkgname=$pkgname

    # set pkgname for build purposes - DO NOT alter!
    pkgname=kernel26

    # save the updated config to build with today's date
    #cp ./.config $startdir/config-$(date +%b%d\-%Hh)

    # get EXTRAVERSION from Makefile to create a unique pkgname and /usr/src directory
    _kernextra=$(getvar "EXTRAVERSION")
    # grab the 2.6.x.y version suffix from pkgver
    _y="`echo $pkgver | cut --delim "." --fields 4`"
    # remove .y version suffix from _kernextra
    _kernextra="`echo $_kernextra | sed "s|\.$_y||g"`"

    # Read the full kernel version info from new config to use in pathnames and pkgname
    . ./.config

    # Kernel custom - to create a unique pkgname (see below)
    _kerncust="${_kernextra}${CONFIG_LOCALVERSION}"
    # Kernel release - will be the same as Makefile
    _kernrel="${pkgver}${_kerncust}"
    #_kernrel="${pkgver}"
    # Get the pkgver suffix for unique pkgname and /boot file suffices
    _pkgversuf="`echo $pkgver | sed "s|2.6.||g" | sed "s|\.||g"`"
    # Set /boot file suffices from kernel release and pkgver suffix
    #_kernboot="${_pkgversuf}${_kerncust}"
    _kernboot="${basemandos}"

    # Set a new pkgname from  kernel release and pkgver suffix
    #pkgname="${pkgname}${_pkgversuf}${_kerncust}"
    #pkgname="${pkgname}${_kerncust}"
    pkgname="${pkgname}${basemandos}"
  # build the full kernel version to use in pathnames
  . ./.config
  _kernver="${basekernel}-${basemandos}${CONFIG_LOCALVERSION}"



    echo
    echo "Package Info"
    echo "  Package name: $pkgname"
    echo "  Package  ver: $pkgver"
    echo "  Package desc: $pkgdesc"
       echo
    echo "  Kernel EXTRAVERSION: $_kernextra"
    echo "  Kernel LOCALVERSION: ${CONFIG_LOCALVERSION}"
    echo "  Kernel RELEASE: $_kernrel"
    echo
    echo "Outputs"
    echo "  /boot/vmlinuz26${_kernboot}"
    echo "  /usr/src/linux-${_kernrel}"
    echo "  /lib/modules/${pkgver}${_kernextra}${CONFIG_LOCALVERSION}"
    echo " _kernver is: ${_kernver}"
    echo
    echo -n "Press any key to start make or CTRL+C to quit"
    read anykey

  # Configuration
  #yes "" | make config
  case "$_menu_method" in
      menuconfig|xconfig|gconfig|oldconfig)
      make $_menu_method
      ;;
  esac

  # Build
  make bzImage modules || return 1
  
  # Install
  mkdir -p $startdir/pkg/{lib/modules,boot}
  make INSTALL_MOD_PATH=$startdir/pkg modules_install || return 1
  cp System.map $startdir/pkg/boot/System.map26mandos
  cp arch/$KARCH/boot/bzImage $startdir/pkg/boot/vmlinuz26mandos 
  install -D -m644 Makefile \
    $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/Makefile
  #install -D m644 Kbuild \
#    $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/Kbuild
  cp Kbuild $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/
  install -D -m644 kernel/Makefile \
    $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/kernel/Makefile
  install -D -m644 .config \
    $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/.config
  install -D -m644 .config $startdir/pkg/boot/kconfig26mandos
  
  mkdir -p $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/include
  mkdir -p $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/arch/$KARCH/kernel
  for i in acpi asm-{generic,x86} asm-$KARCH config linux math-emu media net pcmcia scsi sound video xen; do cp -a include/$i $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/include/
  done

  # copy files necessary for later builds, like nvidia and vmware
  cp Module.symvers $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}
  cp -a scripts $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}
  # Fix permissions on scripts dir
  chmod og-w -R $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/scripts
  mkdir -p $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/.tmp_versions

  cp arch/$KARCH/Makefile $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/arch/$KARCH/
  if [ "$CARCH" = "i686" ]; then
      cp arch/$KARCH/Makefile_32.cpu $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/arch/$KARCH
      cp arch/$KARCH/Makefile_32 $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/arch/$KARCH
  fi
  if [ "$CARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
        cp arch/$KARCH/Makefile_64 $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/arch/$KARCH/
  fi
  cp arch/$KARCH/kernel/asm-offsets.s $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/arch/$KARCH/kernel/
  cp arch/$KARCH/kernel/asm-offsets.c $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/arch/$KARCH/kernel/
  #cp arch/$KARCH/kernel/sigframe.h $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/arch/$KARCH/kernel/
  
  # add headers for lirc package
  mkdir -p $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/media/video
  cp drivers/media/video/*.h  $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/media/video/
  for i in bt8xx cpia2 cx25840 cx88 em28xx et61x251 pwc saa7134 sn9c102 usbvideo zc0301; do
   mkdir -p $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/media/video/$i
   cp -a drivers/media/video/$i/*.h $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/media/video/$i
  done
  
  # add dm headers
  mkdir -p $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/md
  cp drivers/md/*.h $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/drivers/md

  # add inotify.h
  mkdir -p $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/include/linux
  cp include/linux/inotify.h $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/include/linux/

  # add CLUSTERIP file for iptables
  mkdir -p $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/net/ipv4/netfilter/
  cp net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_CLUSTERIP.c $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/net/ipv4/netfilter/

  # add wireless headers
  mkdir -p $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/net/mac80211/
  cp net/mac80211/*.h $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/net/mac80211/

  # add vmlinux
  cp vmlinux $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}
  
  # copy in Kconfig files
  for i in `find . -name "Kconfig*"`; do 
    mkdir -p $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/`echo $i | sed 's|/Kconfig.*||'`
    cp $i $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/$i
  done

  cd $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/include && ln -s asm-$KARCH asm

  chown -R root.root $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}
  cd $startdir/pkg/lib/modules/${_kernver} && \
    (rm -f source build; ln -sf ../../../usr/src/linux-${_kernver} build)
    
  # prepare source for binary modules   
  #cd $startdir/pkg/lib/modules/${_kernver}/build
  #make prepare

  # install fallback mkinitcpio.conf file and preset file for kernel
  install -m644 -D $startdir/src/${pkgname}.preset $startdir/pkg/etc/mkinitcpio.d/${pkgname}.preset || return 1
  install -m644 -D $startdir/src/mkinitcpio-$pkgname.conf $startdir/pkg/etc/mkinitcpio.d/$pkgname-fallback.conf || return 1
  echo -e "# DO NEVER EDIT THIS FILE\nALL_kver='${_kernver}'" > ${startdir}/pkg/etc/mkinitcpio.d/${pkgname}.kver

  # remove unneeded architectures
  rm -rf $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-${_kernver}/arch/{alpha,arm,arm26,avr32,blackfin,cris,frv,h8300,ia64,m32r,m68k,m68knommu,mips,mn10300,parisc,powerpc,ppc,s390,sh,sh64,sparc,sparc64,um,v850,xtensa}
}

obviously I have called it mandos when it was a collection of patches but now is more like a vanilla one, just customized.

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arlite

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From: .de

Registered: 2008-05-02

Posts: 31

Re: 2.6.24 and nvidia drivers

Thanks.
Well, it did not work, your file seems to be extremely customized.
No problem, I am just experimentalising on beginners grade

regards