[pkg-nvidia-devel] Bug#483650: linux-image-2.6.25-2-686: 'Xen kernel' breaks 'nvidia-kernel-legacy-71xx-source'.

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 04:49:09AM -0400, A. Costa wrote:
> Package: linux-image-2.6.25-2-686
> Version: 2.6.25-4
> Severity: important
> 
> 
> I upgraded to 'linux-image-2.6.25-2-686', then tried to recompile an
> 'nvidia' module, using 'module-assistant':
> 
>     % m-a a-i -i -t -f  nvidia-kernel-legacy-71xx-source
>     { ... }
>     The kernel you are installing for is a Xen kernel!
> 
>     The NVIDIA driver does not currently work on Xen kernels. If 
>     you are using a stock distribution kernel, please install 
>     a variant of this kernel without Xen support; if this is a 
>     custom kernel, please install a standard Linux kernel.  Then 
>     try installing the NVIDIA kernel module again.
> 
>     *** Failed Xen sanity check. Bailing out! ***
>     { ... }
>     See /var/cache/modass/nvidia-kernel-legacy-71xx-source.buildlog.2.6.25-2-686.1212137054 for details.
> 
> My previous kernel version was 'linux-image-2.6.24-1-686', which had no
> such problems.  Maybe the above error message is some kind
> of false alarm; if not, maybe 'xen' support should be limited to
> packages like 'linux-image-2.6-xen-686' or
> 'linux-image-2.6.25-2-xen-686'.
> 
> The '/usr/share/doc/linux-image-2.6.25-2-686/changelog.Debian.gz' shows
> what may be the origin of this presumed bug:
> 
> 	89:linux-2.6 (2.6.25-2) unstable; urgency=low
> 	...
> 	139-  [ Ian Campbell ]
> 	140:  * [x86]: Enable Xen guest support in all i386 flavours.
> 	...
> 	146: -- Bastian Blank <waldi at debian.org>  Thu, 08 May 2008 14:46:48 +0200
> 
> Attached is the 'm-a' buildlog.

I am making a patch to fix the legacy driver.  Not a kernel problem.

-- 
Len Sorensen