diff --git a/package/base/linux/linux26/linux-2.6.9-nvidia.patch b/package/base/linux/linux26/linux-2.6.9-nvidia.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..112d90170
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/base/linux/linux26/linux-2.6.9-nvidia.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+export __VMALLOC_RESERVE kernel symbol for Nvidia x86 Linux driver 1.0-6111
+taken from http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4022
+
+--- linux-orig/arch/i386/mm/init.c      2004-09-26 03:43:57.944613000 +1000
++++ linux-new/arch/i386/mm/init.c       2004-09-28 02:37:21.787922000 +1000
+@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
+ #include <asm/sections.h>
+
+ unsigned int __VMALLOC_RESERVE = 128 << 20;
++EXPORT_SYMBOL(__VMALLOC_RESERVE);
+
+ DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct mmu_gather, mmu_gathers);
+ unsigned long highstart_pfn, highend_pfn;
+ 
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