Re: [gentoo-amd64] kernel recompile?

["Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <bss03@volumehost.net>]

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On Tuesday 31 October 2006 09:59, Daniel Iliev <danny@ilievnet.com> wrote 
about 'Re: [gentoo-amd64] kernel recompile?':
> I think gcc version should not have impact on X because NVidia's drivers
> are binary, closed source - they don't care about the gcc used to
> compile the kernel or the X server. Actually I think the emerge only
> installs those drivers and checks for common configuration errors.

No, there's no way to make a pure binary driver that works on all systems, 
because symbols in the kernel will be at different locations depending on 
options it was compiled with.

Instead, nvidia distributes a mostly binary driver, with a small 
source "shim" that is compiled against the kernel and passes messages 
between the fixed binary interface of the binary part and the non-fixed 
interface of the kernel.

The compiler you build the module with does have to match the compiler you 
built the kernel with.

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