It's neither a Ubuntu bug, nor a upstream one. Instead it's entirely NI's fault: they're using an GPL-only symbol (which IIRC always has been GPL-only!) in their proprietary kernel driver. (the idea of binary-only kernel drivers alone is quite insane in the first place).
The only serious fix is NI releasing their driver as GPL, or somebody reverse-engineering it and writing a free driver. Don't use that stuff in production (inherently dangerous), and dont bother the kernel developers with that (there's a reason for the tainted-flags). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1564470 Title: Unable to install NI-VISA nikal kernel module because of GPL-only symbol 'pgprot_writecombine' To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1564470/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
