Everyone keeps saying that NVidia haven't released source code to drivers but their site lists these files: http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?PAGE=linux SuSE 7.1 NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-1251.suse71.i386.rpm NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-1251.suse71.src.rpm NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-1251.suse71.i386.rpm README.suse71 and at the bottom of the page: Source RPMS are provided here for those interested NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-1251.i386.rpm NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-1251.src.rpm I'm no driver-guru, but these look like they should be source packages. Wouldn't looking through these maybe help someone find the problem that many people seem to be having with the new drivers? If they are not the 'source code' they claim to be, then maybe get NVidia to relabel them? *grins* Riever.. * This space not for rent *
On Mon, 4 Jun 2001, Riever wrote:
Everyone keeps saying that NVidia haven't released source code to drivers but their site lists these files: NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-1251.suse71.i386.rpm NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-1251.suse71.src.rpm NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-1251.suse71.i386.rpm
These files do indeed contain source code. However this is not the full driver code, but just an interface between API's and binary modules. The packages above also contain precompiled .o files which get linked when you try and compile the rest of it. This is done to allow the same release to work on (theoretically) any kernel. Although if the kernel API changes, boom, the module will not work. regards, Dave. -- | Dave Jones. http://www.suse.de/~davej | SuSE Labs
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