[plug] Re: NVdriver

[Craig Ringer]

> I didnt say the package was kernel-independent, just the binary-only part.
> If you look at the symbol table for Module-nvkernel, you'll see it only 
> calls the functions in the source code, even if they are just wrappers for 
> system calls.

Fair enough. I'll freely admit I haven't investigated it to that level.

>>Sure, 2.5 isn't exactly what I want to use, but the point is it'll work 
>>for most 2.4 revisions, thats it. This is also true of a true open 
>>source driver... but they're a tad easier to fix *grin*.
> 
> I know nothing about kernel programming, but it looks like nvidia have 
> gone to some effort to make their driver equally easy to fix.

Hmm.. good point. Worth a try I guess.

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