Problem building ATI 10.12 module on kernel 2.6.37-rc5

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#1

I’m getting the following error when building fglrx (ati) version 10.12 driver module on OpenSuSE 11.4M5 kernel 2.6.37-rc5: :’( :’(

*CC [M] /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.o
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:402:5: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function âKCL_SetPageCache_Arrayâ:
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:1316:13: warning: passing argument 1 of âKCL_ConvertPageToKernelAddressâ makes pointer from integer without a cast
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.h:327:35: note: expected âvoid *â but argument is of type âlong unsigned intâ
CC [M] /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_acpi.o
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_acpi.c: In function âKCL_ACPI_GetAcpiHandlesâ:
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_acpi.c:486:5: error: implicit declaration of function âlibip_get_acpi_handlesâ
make[4]: *** [/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_acpi.o] Fout 1
make[3]: *** [module/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x] Fout 2
make[2]: *** [sub-make] Fout 2
make[1]: *** [all] Fout 2
make[1]: Map ‘/usr/src/linux-2.6.37-rc5-12-obj/i386/default’ wordt verlaten
make: *** [kmod_build] Fout 2
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#2

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read “Why does fglrx not work for my kernel?”

#3

Thanks eng-int it’s a release candidate kernel indeed, so it’s not officially supported by ATI fglrx driver. :expressionless:

#4

I am hoping that ATi will support the 2.6.37 kernel soon however I think I read somewhere you can patch the module to work on 2.6.37.

#5

Probably since my version of 2.6.37 is still RC5, and not the stable version, the solutions on internet are only solving part of the problems I run into. The part this post is about won’t be solved by anything I found until now.

#6

Yes that is definitely possible

#7

Yesterday I installed the ati drivers and had the same problem. In my opinion do not use ati drivers because they are uncompleted. I use only the 3d acceleration of ati, motherboard’s chipchet drivers and amd profiler for processor.

#8

And hopefully soon don’t even need to install the fglrx drivers:
Good news for ATI hardware users in 2.6.38 kernel

This won’t make it into openSUSE 11.4 but should make it in the release after that