Bug 62169

Summary:	Cannot load nvidia kernel module on kernel-2.4.18-0.4bigmem
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Public Beta	Reporter:	Rob Hughes <rob>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Arjan van de Ven <arjanv>
Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE	QA Contact:	Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Description Rob Hughes 2002-03-28 04:16:39 UTC

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Description of problem:
Attempting to build the nvidia kernel module on kernel 2.4.18-0.4bigmem results
in errors indicating multple unresolved symbols in module when loading, when
module is build from source rpm. Building the same module on kernel
2.4.18-0.4smp succeeds.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.run rpm --rebuild NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2802.src.rpm
2.run rpm --ivh /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2802.i386.rpm
3.
	

Actual Results:  Module fails to load

Expected Results:  Module loads

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Comment 1 Arjan van de Ven 2002-03-28 11:25:05 UTC

While nvidia is very not supported this is a generic bug and now fixed.