Re: Updated to 8.34.8; still fails due to GPL symbols

[Loïc Minier <lool@dooz.org>]

        Hi Debian Kernel,

 The ATI fglrx proprietary driver fails to link with 2.6.20 and it seems
 this is due to CONFIG_PARAVIRT.  People with custom kernels without
 CONFIG_PARAVIRT could build this module.  Is there a workaround we
 could use in the Debian kernel packages to permit building?  Do you see
 any other way to solve this problem?


 The exact error is:
dh_testroot
rm -f configure-stamp
rm -f fglrx.ko fglrx.mod.c *.o libfglrx_ip.a
rm -f .version .*.o.flags .*.o.d .*.o.cmd .*.ko.cmd
rm -rf .tmp_versions
rm -rf patch
dh_clean
rm /usr/src/modules/fglrx/debian/control
rm /usr/src/modules/fglrx/debian/dirs
rm: cannot remove `/usr/src/modules/fglrx/debian/dirs': No such file or directory
make: [clean] Error 1 (ignored)
if [ -f /usr/src/modules/fglrx/debian/control.template ]; then \
                cat /usr/src/modules/fglrx/debian/control.template > /usr/src/modules/fglrx/debian/control; \
        fi
dh_testdir
touch configure-stamp
dh_testdir
/usr/bin/make -C /lib/modules/2.6.20-1-686/build SUBDIRS=/usr/src/modules/fglrx modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.20-1-686'
  CC [M]  /usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.o
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:549: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c: In function ‘firegl_stub_open’:
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:672: warning: assignment discards qualifiers from pointer target type
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c: In function ‘__ke_smp_call_function’:
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:4202: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘smp_call_function’ from incompatible pointer type
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c: At top level:
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:4931: warning: ‘kmem_cache_t’ is deprecated
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c: In function ‘KAS_Thread_Start’:
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:5361: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c: In function ‘KAS_ExecuteAtLevel’:
/usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:4809: warning: ‘flags’ may be used uninitialized in this function
  LD [M]  /usr/src/modules/fglrx/fglrx.o
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 1 modules
FATAL: modpost: GPL-incompatible module fglrx.ko uses GPL-only symbol 'paravirt_ops'
make[2]: *** [__modpost] Error 1
make[1]: *** [modules] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.20-1-686'
make: *** [build] Error 2
BUILD FAILED!

   Bye,
-- 
Loïc Minier <lool@dooz.org>