173.08173.08

6 files changed, 25 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/DRIVER_VERSION b/DRIVER_VERSION
index ef09794..4d72c1b 100644
--- a/DRIVER_VERSION
+++ b/DRIVER_VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-171.06
+173.08
diff --git a/kernel.c b/kernel.c
index f0d8c5c..d4fccc8 100644
--- a/kernel.c
+++ b/kernel.c
@@ -1451,9 +1451,11 @@ int check_cc_version(Options *op, Package *p)
      * If we're building/installing for a different kernel, then we
      * can't do the gcc version check (we don't have a /proc/version
      * string from which to get the kernel's gcc version).
+     * If the user passes the option no-cc-version-check, then we also
+     * shouldn't perform the cc version check.
      */
 
-    if (op->kernel_name) {
+    if (op->ignore_cc_version_check) {
         setenv("IGNORE_CC_MISMATCH", "1", 1);
         return TRUE;
     }
diff --git a/log.c b/log.c
index c268c46..edcb584 100644
--- a/log.c
+++ b/log.c
@@ -149,6 +149,8 @@ void log_init(Options *op)
                SELINUXSTR(op->selinux_option));
     log_printf(op, TRUE, NULL, "  no X server check       : %s",
                BOOLSTR(op->no_x_check));
+    log_printf(op, TRUE, NULL, "  no cc version check     : %s",
+               BOOLSTR(op->ignore_cc_version_check));
     log_printf(op, TRUE, NULL, "  force tls               : %s",
                TLSSTR(op->which_tls));
 #if defined(NV_X86_64)
diff --git a/nvidia-installer.c b/nvidia-installer.c
index ee6e65b..c2c9652 100644
--- a/nvidia-installer.c
+++ b/nvidia-installer.c
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ Options *parse_commandline(int argc, char *argv[])
         case 'k':
             op->kernel_name = optarg;
             op->no_precompiled_interface = TRUE;
+            op->ignore_cc_version_check = TRUE;
             break;
             
         case XFREE86_PREFIX_OPTION:
@@ -426,6 +427,9 @@ Options *parse_commandline(int argc, char *argv[])
         case NO_X_CHECK_OPTION:
             op->no_x_check = TRUE;
             break;
+        case NO_CC_VERSION_CHECK_OPTION:
+            op->ignore_cc_version_check = TRUE;
+            break;
 
         default:
             fmterr("");
diff --git a/nvidia-installer.h b/nvidia-installer.h
index 30c9599..e664dbf 100644
--- a/nvidia-installer.h
+++ b/nvidia-installer.h
@@ -188,6 +188,8 @@ typedef struct __options {
 
     void *ui_priv; /* for use by the ui's */
 
+    int ignore_cc_version_check;
+
 } Options;
 
 
diff --git a/option_table.h b/option_table.h
index 2398fee..8a0d2bb 100644
--- a/option_table.h
+++ b/option_table.h
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ enum {
     DOCUMENTATION_PREFIX_OPTION,
     X_LIBRARY_PATH_OPTION,
     NO_KERNEL_MODULE_OPTION,
-    NO_X_CHECK_OPTION
+    NO_X_CHECK_OPTION,
+    NO_CC_VERSION_CHECK_OPTION
 };
 
 static const NVOption __options[] = {
@@ -417,6 +418,17 @@ static const NVOption __options[] = {
       "restores the SIGWINCH signal handler after the child process "
       "has terminated.  This option disables this behavior." },
 
+    { "no-cc-version-check", NO_CC_VERSION_CHECK_OPTION, 0,
+      "The NVIDIA kernel module should be compiled with the same compiler that "
+      "was used to compile the currently running kernel. The layout of some "
+      "Linux kernel data structures may be dependent on the version of gcc "
+      "used to compile it. The Linux 2.6 kernel modules are tagged with "
+      "information about the compiler and the Linux kernel's module loader "
+      "performs a strict version match check. nvidia-installer checks for "
+      "mismatches prior to building the NVIDIA kernel module and aborts the "
+      "installation in case of failures. Use this option to override this "
+      "check." },
+
     /* Orphaned options: These options were in the long_options table in
      * nvidia-installer.c but not in the help. */
     { "debug",                    'd', 0, NULL },