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Re: Fwd: Re: [opensuse-factory] Kernel clarification
- From: Rob OpenSuSE <rob.opensuse.linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:26:24 +0000
- Message-id: <ce9d8ed60911120326r6d5c2959g2cb2702fdec407d7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
2009/11/12 Basil Chupin <blchupin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
It's just an inteface stub you're compiling, a kind of a shim for
Nvidia's binary blob driver to fit in with the kernel & limit the
impact of Linux changes to their codebase.
To really have control you need to run untainted kernel with FOSS drivers.
Rob
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On 12/11/09 17:19, Fred A. Miller wrote:
On 11/12/2009 12:26 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
Ah, OK. But in any case it doesn't affect me as I always compile theYes.....I know.....you enjoy it. ;)
driver myself after I download it from the nVidia site.
YES! I *do*!
It gives me the feeling of *power*.
And gives me the feeling that *I* am in control!
It's just an inteface stub you're compiling, a kind of a shim for
Nvidia's binary blob driver to fit in with the kernel & limit the
impact of Linux changes to their codebase.
To really have control you need to run untainted kernel with FOSS drivers.
Rob
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