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Kernel 6.17+ Compatibility Patch

This fork includes 0005-kernel-nvidia-Fulfill-6.17-fb_create-contract.patch to fix compilation on Linux kernel 6.17 and later (including 6.18).

The Problem

Linux kernel 6.17 changed the signature of drm_helper_mode_fill_fb_struct() to include a new const struct drm_format_info * parameter (kernel commit a34cc7bf1034). This breaks NVIDIA 550.xx driver compilation with errors like:

error: incompatible function pointer types
error: too few arguments to function call, expected 4, have 3

The Solution

The patch adds conditional compilation using LINUX_VERSION_CODE to support the new API while remaining backwards compatible with older kernels.

Attribution

• Original patch by: Joan Bruguera Mico (nvidia-470xx-linux-mainline)
• Adapted for nvidia-550xx-dkms with assistance from Claude (Anthropic AI)

References

• NVIDIA/open-gpu-kernel-modules PR #917
• Joan Bruguera's nvidia-470xx patches