From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GewJz-0003AA-PF for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 16:18:40 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k9VGFARa006061; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 16:15:10 GMT Received: from ender.volumehost.net (adsl-69-154-123-202.dsl.fyvlar.swbell.net [69.154.123.202]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k9VGF9mq003941 for ; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 16:15:09 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ender.volumehost.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CC6F3194 for ; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 16:15:07 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at volumehost.net Received: from ender.volumehost.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ender.volumehost.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id iBQYJDw6V+ak for ; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 16:15:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from adsl-69-154-123-205.dsl.fyvlar.swbell.net (adsl-69-154-123-205.dsl.fyvlar.swbell.net [69.154.123.205]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ender.volumehost.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A72ACC688 for ; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 16:15:02 +0000 (UTC) From: "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] kernel recompile? Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 11:14:52 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 References: <4547594F.1070406@verizon.net> <45475F98.1070603@pro.onet.pl> <454772F9.5030807@ilievnet.com> In-Reply-To: <454772F9.5030807@ilievnet.com> X-Eric-Conspiracy: There is no conspiracy Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart4695937.Zuk0eHCtgq"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200610311014.57356.bss03@volumehost.net> X-Archives-Salt: a014e4f2-c17b-4615-ad0e-217bab6b901c X-Archives-Hash: 2c67a9f92596682c78a84340dda559fe --nextPart4695937.Zuk0eHCtgq Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Tuesday 31 October 2006 09:59, Daniel Iliev wrote=20 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,= =20 because symbols in the kernel will be at different locations depending on=20 options it was compiled with. Instead, nvidia distributes a mostly binary driver, with a small=20 source "shim" that is compiled against the kernel and passes messages=20 between the fixed binary interface of the binary part and the non-fixed=20 interface of the kernel. The compiler you build the module with does have to match the compiler you= =20 built the kernel with. =2D-=20 "If there's one thing we've established over the years, it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest clue what's best for them in terms of package stability." =2D- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh --nextPart4695937.Zuk0eHCtgq Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBFR3aBq72nDbhDXToRAoUaAJoDaPXDe8AwS5imsqDUzlFuQVUDZwCfZMMQ 3gcrbyxS+3cEold03lcY3Eg= =AEPM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart4695937.Zuk0eHCtgq-- -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list