[opensuse] Kernel updates and nvidia driver
Just curious. Wasn't it the case that when a kernel update was done for openSUSE, eventually a new nvidia rpm that matches would make an appearance? Was that the case? If so, is it still the case? http://download.opensuse.org/update/12.1 contains: i586/kernel-*-3.1.9-1.4.1.i586.rpm ftp://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/12.1 contains: i586/nvidia-*_k3.1.0_1.2-13.1.i586.rpm In fact, I have this combo running on my system and all seems ok. I was just surprised that the kernel versions were so different: 3.1.9 versus 3.1.0. Inquiring minds and all... -- Yours sincerely, Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Office: Int +46 10-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 roger.oberholtzer@ramboll.se ________________________________________ Ramböll Sverige AB Krukmakargatan 21 P.O. Box 17009 SE-104 62 Stockholm, Sweden www.rambollrst.se -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 03/16/12 14:26, Roger Oberholtzer pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
Not every kernel update requires an update to the Nvidia driver. -- Ken Schneider SuSe since Version 5.2, June 1998 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 07:26:06PM +0100, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
As long as the ABI stays stable and bug fixing doesn't require an update the weak update mechanism handle this. As the result the /lib/modules/3.1.9-*/weak-updates/updates/nvidia.ko sym link points to /lib/modules/3.1.0-1.2-default/updates/nvidia.ko for example in the case you're runnig your system with the default kernel flavour. Cheers, Lars -- Lars Müller [ˈlaː(r)z ˈmʏlɐ] Samba Team SUSE Linux, Maxfeldstraße 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany
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