Re: [opensuse] Fw: Driver Repository for openSUSE / SuSE Linux Enterprise (nVidia)
Bernhard Walle <bernhard.walle@gmx.de> 09/05/06 12:00 PM >>> Hello,
* Robert Schiele <rschiele@gmail.com> [2006-09-05 01:01]:
Your only chance to improve this situation is to force the hardware vendors to provide open specs or drivers. If you don't have the power to do so, you lost in the first place.
Well, and what is if the hardware vendor develops _no_ driver at all for Linux after that?
To be honest, I understand the point of the kernel development team but I also understand the hardware vendors not being willing to open their sources. Nevertheless, I'm trying to find a solution suitable for the user (if the kernel maintainers have a problem with legal issues on the nvidia drivers, THEY should sue them). I think WE of the opensuse.org project should focus on our users and to make it conveniant for them. Novell takes somewhat a strange position in this game, as they released RPMs for SLE{D,S}, which luckily work with SuSE Linux 10.1 (even though it's not the ACTUAL driver anymore). But they're NOT willing to create new RPMs for openSUSE nor are there RPMs with the actual driver. I think, while focusing on the END-USER, I'll just start to create these RPMs by myself; I guess the .spec file of the released RPMs is available? Up to now I have NO CLUE how to make an RPM, but I have experiance in software packaging in general and I don't see an RPM as something different; so most probable I'll figure out how to do it. Remains only one problem: In best case I can compile and test packages for x86_64, as that's what I'm running myself. Others will be compilable, but I could not test them. Will this be a problem? Could anyone give me some indications on how to process creating such an RPM? I'd take care of all sort of updates (be it new release of nVidia Driver and/or new Kernel's from openSUSE, which require the kernel module to be recompiled). Thank you for all the valued help. Dominique --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Hello, * Dominique Leuenberger <Dominique.Leuenberger@TMF-Group.com> [2006-09-05 11:47]:
Nevertheless, I'm trying to find a solution suitable for the user (if the kernel maintainers have a problem with legal issues on the nvidia drivers, THEY should sue them). I think WE of the opensuse.org project should focus on our users and to make it conveniant for them. Novell takes somewhat a strange position in this game, as they released RPMs for SLE{D,S}, which luckily work with SuSE Linux 10.1 (even though it's not the ACTUAL driver anymore). But they're NOT willing to create new RPMs for openSUSE nor are there RPMs with the actual driver.
The RPMs for SLES are hosted by nvidia, not by Novell. Don't know who builds them, but that's irrelevant. Regards, Bernhard -- * Linux Viruscan..... Windows 95 found. Remove it? (y/n)
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