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 1GewqI-0006qt-RU for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 16:52:03 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k9VGndHH027534; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 16:49:39 GMT Received: from ilievnet.com ([84.21.204.200]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k9VGncKO012421 for ; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 16:49:39 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ilievnet.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFA1B221916 for ; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 18:49:36 +0200 (EET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ilievnet.com Received: from ilievnet.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ilievnet.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 4bbX+g9M7eKz for ; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 18:49:34 +0200 (EET) Received: from [10.0.1.1] (mail.ilievnet.com [10.0.1.1]) by ilievnet.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41316221915 for ; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 18:49:34 +0200 (EET) Message-ID: <45477E99.2050407@ilievnet.com> Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 18:49:29 +0200 From: Daniel Iliev User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-GB; rv:1.8.0.7) Gecko/20061010 SeaMonkey/1.0.5 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 To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] kernel recompile? References: <4547594F.1070406@verizon.net> <45475F98.1070603@pro.onet.pl> <454772F9.5030807@ilievnet.com> <200610311719.44939.Gentoo@kraszewscy.net> In-Reply-To: <200610311719.44939.Gentoo@kraszewscy.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by robin.gentoo.org id k9VGndIA027534 X-Archives-Salt: 4b544006-fadc-4b43-82e8-7125803299f9 X-Archives-Hash: e94df2d8cd147660559bd596b930c1fa Pawel Kraszewski wrote: > Dnia wtorek, 31 pa=C5=BAdziernika 2006 16:59, Daniel Iliev napisa=C5=82= : > > =20 >> My X is just fine. It is Mr. Sean who has hard time with the X. >> I think gcc version should not have impact on X because NVidia's drive= rs >> 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. >> =20 > > No. In this case you'd need new NVidia kernel driver each time kernel's= =20 > version changes. > > During installation NVidia's kernel module (in compiler's meaning - .o = file=20 > provided by NVidia) is linked against a freshly compiled stub adopting = it to=20 > running kernel and making kernel module (in kernel's meaning - .ko file= ).=20 > > If you compile kernel and kernel module (.ko) with different compilers,= you'll=20 > get 'invalid module format' and modprobe/insmod fails. > > =20 Point taken. You and Mr. Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. are correct. --=20 Best regards, Daniel --=20 gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list