On Wednesday 02 Oct 2013 08:06:42 Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On 02/10/2013 09:02, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
> > On 10/01/2013 08:16:23 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> >> Am 01.10.2013 10:00, schrieb Helmut Jarausch:
> >> > Hi,
> >> > 
> >> > in "good" tradition the new 3.12 Linux kernel breaks  ati-drivers
> >> > again (as always in the past).
> >> > Does anybody know about a patch to make
> >> > x11-drivers/ati-drivers:legacy
> >> > compile with linux-3.12-rc3 ?
> >> > 
> >> > Trying to emerge ati-drivers-13.1_pre897 (currently the only legacy
> >> > driver)
> >> > with 3.12-rc3 gives
> >> > 
> >> >   MODPOST 1 modules
> >> > 
> >> > FATAL: modpost: GPL-incompatible module fglrx.ko uses GPL-only symbol
> >> > 'acpi_bus_get_device'
> >> > 
> >> > Many thanks for a hint,
> >> > Helmut
> >> 
> >> so you are using a driver meant for stable (old) systems, with a pre
> >> release kernel - and you don't even know what do do with that message?
> > 
> > I'm quite sure there are a lot of things which you don't known either.
> > 
> >> Does that do no seem a bit silly? hm?
> > 
> > Thanks for this compliment!
> > 
> >> acpi_bus_get_device is gpl only. You can undo that. If you want.
> >> 
> >> But seriously, what is wrong with using stable releases like 3.10.x? If
> >> you use ati-drivers, you don't need the amd driver improvements in 3.11
> >> or 3.12.
> > 
> > There are two points here:
> > - first I consider it as my contribution to GenToo to help testing.
> > 
> >   The problem with the 3.12 prerelease will definitely continue with the
> > 
> > main release
> > 
> >   coming in about 4 weeks.
> > 
> > - This 3.12 prerelease has a lot of BTRFS pataches. Since I'm using
> > BTRFS for most of
> > 
> >   my file systems, I like to have the most recent fixes.
> 
> Calm down boys.
> 
> 
> Helmut, the problem is that you are trying to use ATI's proprietary code
> with GPL code in the kernel.
> 
> The kernel devs do not want you to do that and that is their right.
> 
> What you should have done in your mail is indicate that you read the
> error message and understand it, and why you want to continue
> regradless. Then you should have mentioned what Google told you about
> the problem, or something to show what you already did to help yourself.
> 
> As it stands you post is really just asking someone else to do your
> homework for you and that you are too lazy to do it yourself. I'm sure
> that's not want you are really doing, it just looks that way.

Curious, is there a reason you are not using the radeon driver instead of the 
ati proprietary drivers?
-- 
Regards,
Mick