On Wed, 2007-12-19 at 23:45 -0800, Greg KH wrote:
The normal X server is not recompiled to expect the RT kernel.
That's because it is not a kernel driver, yet :)
Of course. My mistake.
Should there be similar issues with that as with the nvidia driver?
Yes there will be.
Does this apply to vmware as well?
Yes.
_ANY_ kernel module will have to be recompiled to work properly with the -rt kernel, just like any other kernel version we provide.
Sigh.. I need to make a second class of our own drivers.
Since I used YaST to install the nvidia driver, it should get updated when there is a new kernel. I do not want to mess that up to get it to work with the RT kernel variant. Should I just re-install the nvidia driver when running the RT kernel? I guess the RT kernel is a parallel kernel, not really a new kernel.
What do you mean "new kernel"? It's just a different variant, one for a specific need.
If I get a kernel update, the YaST-based nvidia install claims that it will magically keep the nvidia driver working with each update.
That's a pretty bold claim :)
Indeed. But the SUSE nvidia driver install docs claim this is the case.
Anyway, as the nvidia driver is closed source, I really have no idea how it interacts with the kernel at all. Heck, the fact that it even works for anyone is amazing to me...
I do not need to take action. The RT kernel, I am guessing, is not considered an update, which makes sense.
That's right, it is just another kernel "variant" like the -bigsmp kernel is.
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