Bug#862706: nvidia-driver: nvidia module 375.39 won't build with kernel 4.11.x

[Luca Boccassi]

On Mon, 2017-05-15 at 22:02 -0400, Ron Murray wrote:
> Package: nvidia-driver
> Version: 375.39-1
> Severity: normal
> Tags: upstream
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> nvidia module will not build with the newest Linux 4.11.x kernels.
> make.log is
> attached.

Hi,

Unfortunately there is a build issue with a kernel API symbol becoming
GPL-only, that we cannot solve as we do not have the legal rights to do
so.

Until that happens I'm afraid the nvidia-drivers cannot be distributed
in a way that will work with any kernel equal or greater than 4.10.

Note that Stretch will ship with 4.9, so it's fine in that regard.

See the following discussion upstream:

https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1007266/linux/patch-for-driver-375-39-with-stable-kernel-4-11/

Kind regards,
Luca Boccassi
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