[pkg-nvidia-devel] Bug#545228: reason, workaround

[A Mennucc]

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hi,

the problem is that module-assistant sets
  KSRC=/lib/modules/2.6.30-1-686/build
and then debian/rules calls the nvidia makefile nv/Makefile.kbuild by
  $(MAKE) SYSSRC=$(KSRC) ....
but instead if you call the upstream makefile directly,
it internally uses
  /lib/modules/2.6.30-1-686/source
in some variables; and currently those are different,
# ls -l /lib/modules/2.6.30-1-686
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     35 30 ago 19:39 build ->
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.30-1-686
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     38 25 ago 19:13 source ->
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.30-1-common

The workaround is
# cd /usr/src
# tar xzf nvidia-kernel-legacy-96xx-source.tar.gz
then edit debian/rules and delete all occurrences of SYSSRC=...
eventually
#  m-a -t  -O b-i  nvidia-kernel-legacy-96xx

this way, the NVidia nv/Makefile.kbuild will autodetect the kernel that
is currently installed, and set the variables as it likes, and it will
compile.

(This also means that "m-a -l another-kernel" will not work)

a.
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