nvsound and 2.6.16-rc kernels [fixed]

[sorcer-r]

Hey all.... thought it might be usefull for others with the same problem I had:

If you compile the nforce-audio module on a 2.6.16-rcX kernel you will get problem with:

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nvsound: Unknown symbol remap_page_range (this function was replaced by remap_pfn_range in the kernel).... 

While the Makefile tries to detect wheter it should use remap_page_range or remap_pfn_range, it seems that the macro in the Makefile mis-detect this on 2.6.16-rcX kernels and enables the incorrect one.....

After some searching I found it was simply fixed by commenting out the wrong assumption in the Makefile like this: ('diff -u' output)

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--- nvsound.a/NFORCE-Linux-x86-1.0-0310-pkg1/nvsound/main/Makefile.kbuild    2005-10-22 03:59:44.000000000 +0200
+++ nvsound.b/NFORCE-Linux-x86-1.0-0310-pkg1/nvsound/main/Makefile.kbuild 2006-02-22 21:51:33.000000000 +0100
@@ -48,16 +48,16 @@
 EXTRA_LDFLAGS := -d

 # Figure out how many args remap_page_ranges() wants or new remap call
-ifeq ($(shell sh $(src)/conftest.sh "$(CC)" "$(KERNEL_SOURCES)" "$(KERNEL_OUTPUT)" remap_pfn_range), 1)
-  EXTRA_CFLAGS += -DNV_REMAP_PFN_RANGE_PRESENT
-else
-  REMAP_PAGE_RANGE := $(shell sh $(src)/conftest.sh "$(CC)" "$(KERNEL_SOURCES)" "$(KERNEL_OUTPUT)" remap_page_range)
-
-  ifeq ($(REMAP_PAGE_RANGE),5)
-   EXTRA_CFLAGS += -DREMAP_NEW
-  endif
+#ifeq ($(shell sh $(src)/conftest.sh "$(CC)" "$(KERNEL_SOURCES)" "$(KERNEL_OUTPUT)" remap_pfn_range), 1)
+EXTRA_CFLAGS += -DNV_REMAP_PFN_RANGE_PRESENT
+#else
+#  REMAP_PAGE_RANGE := $(shell sh $(src)/conftest.sh "$(CC)" "$(KERNEL_SOURCES)" "$(KERNEL_OUTPUT)" remap_page_range)
+
+#  ifeq ($(REMAP_PAGE_RANGE),5)
+#EXTRA_CFLAGS += -DREMAP_NEW
+#  endif

-endif
+#endif

[fiercely]

i just finished making my 2.6.16 vanilla kernel and encountered the same problem the solution posted worked really well.

[DCatcher]

I experienced the same problem with Gentoo Sources 2.6.16, but I wasn't able to solve the problem.

summary
# emerge =media-sound/nforce-audio-1.0.0310 -> aborted after "Uncompressing NVIDIA nForce drivers"
# cd /var/tmp/portage/nforce-audio-1.0.0310/work/NFORCE-Linux-x86-1.0-0310-pkg1/nvsound/main
# gvim Makefile.kbuild -> comment out lines 51-61
# make clean && make && make install && modprobe nvsound

make | grep -i warning

Warning: could not find /var/tmp/portage/nforce-audio-1.0.0310/work/NFORCE-Linux-x86-1.0-0310-pkg1/nvsound/main/.mcpmain.o.cmd for /var/tmp/portage/nforce-audio-1.0.0310/work/NFORCE-Linux-x86-1.0-0310-pkg1/nvsound/main/mcpmain.o
*** Warning: "remap_page_range" [/var/tmp/portage/nforce-audio-1.0.0310/work/NFORCE-Linux-x86-1.0-0310-pkg1/nvsound/main/nvsound.ko] undefined!

make install

mkdir -p //lib/modules/2.6.16-gentoo/kernel/sound/oss
install -b -m 755 nvsound.ko //lib/modules/2.6.16-gentoo/kernel/sound/oss

modprobe nvsound

FATAL: Error inserting nvsound (/lib/modules/2.6.16-gentoo/kernel/sound/oss/nvsound.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

Any ideas?

[fiercely]

I experienced the same problem with Gentoo Sources 2.6.16, but I wasn't able to solve the problem.

summary
# emerge =media-sound/nforce-audio-1.0.0310 -> aborted after "Uncompressing NVIDIA nForce drivers"
# cd /var/tmp/portage/nforce-audio-1.0.0310/work/NFORCE-Linux-x86-1.0-0310-pkg1/nvsound/main
# gvim Makefile.kbuild -> comment out lines 51-61
# make clean && make && make install && modprobe nvsound

make | grep -i warning

Warning: could not find /var/tmp/portage/nforce-audio-1.0.0310/work/NFORCE-Linux-x86-1.0-0310-pkg1/nvsound/main/.mcpmain.o.cmd for /var/tmp/portage/nforce-audio-1.0.0310/work/NFORCE-Linux-x86-1.0-0310-pkg1/nvsound/main/mcpmain.o
*** Warning: "remap_page_range" [/var/tmp/portage/nforce-audio-1.0.0310/work/NFORCE-Linux-x86-1.0-0310-pkg1/nvsound/main/nvsound.ko] undefined!

make install

mkdir -p //lib/modules/2.6.16-gentoo/kernel/sound/oss
install -b -m 755 nvsound.ko //lib/modules/2.6.16-gentoo/kernel/sound/oss

modprobe nvsound

FATAL: Error inserting nvsound (/lib/modules/2.6.16-gentoo/kernel/sound/oss/nvsound.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

Any ideas?

you commented all lines from 51 to 61. but you should not have commented line 52 that reads "EXTRA_CFLAGS += -DNV_REMAP_PFN_RANGE_PRESENT". so uncomment that line and make clean && make && make install etc

[DCatcher]

you commented all lines from 51 to 61. but you should not have commented line 52 that reads "EXTRA_CFLAGS += -DNV_REMAP_PFN_RANGE_PRESENT". so uncomment that line and make clean && make && make install etc

Thanks for the hint. Guess, I need new glasses

It's all working fine, now. =)

[darcon]

I followed DCatcher's instructions, except I didn't comment line 52 in Makefile.kbuild, but I still get an error when I run

modprobe nvsound

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FATAL: Error inserting nvsound (/lib/modules/2.6.16-gentoo-r1/misc/nvsound.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

Makefile.kbuild changes

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#ifeq ($(shell sh $(src)/conftest.sh "$(CC)" "$(KERNEL_SOURCES)" "$(KERNEL_OUTPUT)" remap_pfn_range), 1)
  EXTRA_CFLAGS += -DNV_REMAP_PFN_RANGE_PRESENT
#else
#  REMAP_PAGE_RANGE := $(shell sh $(src)/conftest.sh "$(CC)" "$(KERNEL_SOURCES)" "$(KERNEL_OUTPUT)" remap_page_range)
#
#  ifeq ($(REMAP_PAGE_RANGE),5)
#   EXTRA_CFLAGS += -DREMAP_NEW
#  endif
#
#endif
#

any ideas

Edit: after nvsound got removed from portage I gave up, installed another soundcard I had lying around which hardware mixes fine.

[KpR2000]

I get the same error as darcon.
I have also tried with EXTRA_CFLAGS += -DREMAP_NEW, but no success (same error)

Any other ideas?

Thanks in advance

[Fac3k]

Well I ran into same problem. After changing Makefile.kbuild and compiling I still got

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FATAL: Error inserting nvsound (/lib/modules/2.6.16-gentoo-r1/misc/nvsound.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

while modprobbing
It seems that some modules aren`t updated after #make install , especially the one in /lib/modules/2.6.16-gentoo-r6/misc/ . I deleted nvsound.ko from there (as from any other possible place too ) and recompiled. After that I got error about missing nvmodule in /lib/modules/2.6.16-gentoo-r6/misc/ (why there?) so I did

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#modules-update

I have no problems with nvsound since then.

Many thanks go to sorcer-r for patch.

[KpR2000]

yes modprobe nvsound is now working.

the error was, that "make install" script does _not_ copy nvsound.ko driver to /lib/modules/*/misc/. And in this location existed the old nvsound.ko driver

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make install
mkdir -p //lib/modules/2.6.16-*/kernel/sound/oss
install -b -m 755 nvsound.ko //lib/modules/2.6.16-*/kernel/sound/oss

Thanks to Fac3k and sorcer-r

[pszemas]

I made:

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emerge nforce-audio

ctrl+z after source unpacked

change Makefile.kbuild at

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# Figure out how many args remap_page_ranges() wants or new remap call
#ifeq ($(shell sh $(src)/conftest.sh "$(CC)" "$(KERNEL_SOURCES)" "$(KERNEL_OUTPUT)" remap_pfn_range), 1)
  EXTRA_CFLAGS += -DNV_REMAP_PFN_RANGE_PRESENT
#else
#  REMAP_PAGE_RANGE := $(shell sh $(src)/conftest.sh "$(CC)" "$(KERNEL_SOURCES)" "$(KERNEL_OUTPUT)" remap_page_range)
#
#  ifeq ($(REMAP_PAGE_RANGE),5)
  EXTRA_CFLAGS += -DREMAP_NEW
# endif
#
#endif
#

than

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cd /var/tmp/portage/nforce-audio-1.0.0310/work/NFORCE-Linux-x86-1.0-0310-pkg1/nvsound/main 
mkdir -p //lib/modules/2.6.16-gentoo/kernel/sound/oss 
install -b -m 755 nvsound.ko //lib/modules/2.6.16-gentoo/kernel/sound/oss
modules-update

and modprobe nvsound gives

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FATAL: Error inserting nvsound (/lib/modules/2.6.16-gentoo-r9/misc/nvsound.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

and dmesg shows

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nvsound: Unknown symbol remap_page_range

[fiercely]

don't forget to also comment the line that reads: EXTRA_CFLAGS += -DREMAP_NEW

[pszemas]

I changed that, I get the same ;(

[fiercely]

maybe you should try doing it the longer way. start the emerge. then stop it instead of suspending it. modify the Makefile.kbuild (comment all lines from 51 to 61 except 52). then run make clean; make; make install etc...

[CaptainDangeax]

Thanx for the help about nvsound, it worked for me.

[unixj]

I don't suppose anyone has tried getting media-sound/nforce-audio-1.0.0310 (which was removed from portage) to work with linux-2.6.17.6 and gcc 4.1.1? I get the following error:

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/var/tmp/portage/nforce-audio-1.0.0310/work/NFORCE-Linux-x86-1.0-0310-pkg1/nvsound/main/nvmain.c: At top level:
/var/tmp/portage/nforce-audio-1.0.0310/work/NFORCE-Linux-x86-1.0-0310-pkg1/nvsound/main/nvmain.c:2191: error: expected ')' before string constant
make[2]: *** [/var/tmp/portage/nforce-audio-1.0.0310/work/NFORCE-Linux-x86-1.0-0310-pkg1/nvsound/main/nvmain.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/var/tmp/portage/nforce-audio-1.0.0310/work/NFORCE-Linux-x86-1.0-0310-pkg1/nvsound/main] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.17.6'

I guess that's progress? Having to ditch a beautifully working hardware-mixing 5.1 audio to use a newer kernel?

[vipernicus]

Aren't those drivers in the kernel now?

nforce-audio ebuild was removed from portage in May.

[unixj]

Aren't those drivers in the kernel now?

You mean alsa? I know that alsa is in the kernel now but AFAIK the intel8x0 driver does not support hardware-level mixing. I would love to be wrong.

nforce-audio ebuild was removed from portage in May.

Yep, I know. I don't understand why it would be removed when there is still a need for it. There was a hack to get it working on 2.6.16 but it's broken again on 2.6.17. If I can't get it working I'll move back to 2.6.16.

[ppurka]

I have nvsound working here with 2.6.17 and gcc-4.1.1

I edited the file NFORCE-Linux-x86-1.0-0310-pkg1/nvsound/main/nvmain.c to change the line 2191 to this:

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MODULE_PARM(vapu_enable);

I think this is mainly because MODULE_PARM is deprecated in the new kernel (IIRC it is mentioned in the kernel header files somewhere) and the arguments to the function have also changed.

You can follow this post on how to create a patched and custom NFORCE_installer.sh file.

Also, there is a thread in the nvidia forums which provides a patch to make it work with the non-deprecated function in the new kernel (this function becomes module_parm, I believe).


BTW, the sound quality of intel8x0 pales in comparison to the sound quality of the nvsound drivers. In addition there is proper hardware mixing provided by the nvsound driver (even playing quake3 + other sound applications), if you have a nforce2 chipset. It is sad that nvidia has stopped updating this driver and has not provided an alsa based one

[unixj]

I have nvsound working here with 2.6.17 and gcc-4.1.1

You are awesome! I found a post on nvnews a few minutes ago suggesting the same thing but it didn't explain any detail. I tacked that change onto the existing patch and it now works!

I will look for the post about making it work with the non-deprecated function.

BTW, the sound quality of intel8x0 pales in comparison to the sound quality of the nvsound drivers. In addition there is proper hardware mixing provided by the nvsound driver (even playing quake3 + other sound applications), if you have a nforce2 chipset. It is sad that nvidia has stopped updating this driver and has not provided an alsa based one

Yes, I agree totally. It seems like only a few months ago that nvidia finally released a version of the driver that supported hardware-level mixing... And then a couple months later the ebuild is removed from portage! I estimate we can limp along for another 6 months.

[ppurka]

I estimate we can limp along for another 6 months.

I do hope so. However, I think I read in some kernel.org webpage in which the OSS drivers are slated to be removed before 2.6.19. I may be wrong, but if I can get hold of that webpage I will post a link here.

EDIT: Looking at this link, it seems the OSS drivers are being removed, so if the kernel headers don't change enough, the nvsound drivers should work in the near future too (yay !?), since no OSS config option needs to be turned on to run the nvsound drivers.

[unixj]

Great! I don't expect nvidia to release a version for alsa, now that nforce2 is so old.

[ppurka]

Just wanted to document this in the forum:
I got a compilation error like this with kernel 2.6.21:

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   include/linux/prefetch.h: In function 'prefetch_range': 
   include/linux/prefetch.h:62: warning: pointer of type 'void *' used in arith 
   metic 
   In file included from /tmp/NFORCE-Linux-x86-1.0-0310-pkg1/nvsound/main 
   /nvapucalls.h:22, 
                    from /tmp/NFORCE-Linux-x86-1.0-0310-pkg1/nvsound/main 
   /nvmixer.c:15: 
   /tmp/NFORCE-Linux-x86-1.0-0310-pkg1/nvsound/main/nvaioctl.h: At top le 
   vel: 
   /tmp/NFORCE-Linux-x86-1.0-0310-pkg1/nvsound/main/nvaioctl.h:218: error 
   : 'device_type' defined as wrong kind of tag 
   make[4]: *** [/tmp/NFORCE-Linux-x86-1.0-0310-pkg1/nvsound/main/nvmixer 
   .o] Error 1 
   make[3]: *** [_module_/tmp/NFORCE-Linux-x86-1.0-0310-pkg1/nvsound/main 
   ] Error 2 
   make[2]: *** [modules] Error 2 
-> Error. 
ERROR: The NVIDIA kernel module was not created. 
ERROR: Installation of the audio driver has failed.  Please see the file 
       '/var/log/nvidia-nforce-installer.log' for details.  You may find 
       suggestions on  fixing installation problems in the README available on 
       the Linux driver download page at www.nvidia.com.

To fix it, I changed the

"enum device_type{" in line 218, of nvsound/main/nvaioctl.h to
"enum Device_type{" (i.e. just did a simple rename of it) and it compiled fine

(The fix was inspired by this (unrelated) comment).