* Derek Fountain <fountai@hursley.ibm.com> (Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 10:13:15AM +0100)
Thanks. I was afraid of that... Damn I wish they would release their source code.
Time for me to show my ignorance. ;)
When I installed my nVidia stuff for the 2.4.3 kernel, I downloaded source packages from their web site, compiled them and they worked fine. Presumably there's more to the package than those source files, because people are often complaining on here that nVidia should "release their source".
What source code (ie, of what) haven't they released?
drwxrwxr-x 2 502 502 561 Apr 26 12:19 ./ drwxrwxrwt 5 root root 1185 Apr 26 13:17 ../ -r--r--r-- 1 502 502 2501 Mar 13 15:33 Makefile -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 31171 Apr 26 12:19 Module-linux -rw-rw-r-- 1 502 502 644928 Mar 13 15:33 Module-nvkernel -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 673150 Apr 26 12:19 NVdriver -r--r--r-- 1 502 502 1064 Mar 13 15:33 README -r-xr-xr-x 1 502 502 818 Mar 13 15:33 makedevices.sh* -r--r--r-- 1 502 502 68534 Mar 13 15:33 nv.c -r--r--r-- 1 502 502 12071 Mar 13 15:33 nv.h -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18840 Apr 26 12:19 nv.o -rw-rw-r-- 1 502 502 400 Mar 13 15:33 nv_ref.h -r--r--r-- 1 502 502 48735 Mar 13 15:33 nvrm.h -rw-rw-r-- 1 502 502 280133 Mar 13 15:33 nvrmapi.lib -r--r--r-- 1 502 502 6722 Mar 13 15:33 nvtypes.h -r--r--r-- 1 502 502 3448 Mar 13 15:33 os-agpconfig.h -r--r--r-- 1 502 502 52293 Mar 13 15:33 os-interface.c -r--r--r-- 1 502 502 12037 Mar 13 15:33 os-interface.h -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12864 Apr 26 12:19 os-interface.o -r--r--r-- 1 502 502 8108 Mar 13 15:33 os-registry.c -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1408 Apr 26 12:19 os-registry.o -rw-rw-r-- 1 502 502 265880 Mar 13 15:33 xf86nvrmapi.lib Module-nvkernel and xf86nvrmapi.lib, nvrmapi.lib are binary. The ``source'' portion is ``just'' os-interface.c os-registry.c and nv.c which are basdically the ``glue'' between the kernel and their binary drivers. IIRC the nvidia drivers have 2 parts, an OS (Win/Linux) independent part and an OS dependant part. A small subset of the IOS dependant part is the ``glue''. This glue bit is available in sourc code. Currently listening to: Dogs Gerhard, <@jasongeo.com> == The Acoustic Motorbiker == -- __O friday night we'll be drinkin manashevitz goin out to terrorize goyem =`<, stompin shagitz,screwin shicksas long as we're home by saturday mornin (=)/(=) Cause hey, we're the brews sportin anti-swastika tattoos oi oi we're the boys orthodox, hesidic, O.G. ois