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 1GfZD7-0003je-E2 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 02 Nov 2006 09:50:09 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id kA29m5Dt018974; Thu, 2 Nov 2006 09:48:05 GMT Received: from smtp007.mail.ukl.yahoo.com (smtp007.mail.ukl.yahoo.com [217.12.11.96]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id kA29m44w020347 for ; Thu, 2 Nov 2006 09:48:05 GMT Received: (qmail 95474 invoked from network); 2 Nov 2006 09:48:04 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.co.uk; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:Message-ID:Date:From:User-Agent:MIME-Version:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=gjq6SHbJLS1fMx0Wh/gUjcpJoe4CkjDY9O/swgwH1DqIniO4Cf1Ll9DdBdM+JTwRvAY5/fBNrIs4wu8m+sOvOhblBysl9dwMZGp74jKgbY+KftSvJa1fZtQKdl76vmbNFU1WmKZHllrw2gdVTtHgZyOCdaZbKE3ofMY2Vwnn6Pg= ; Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.2?) (mike_merinov@88.83.205.176 with plain) by smtp007.mail.ukl.yahoo.com with SMTP; 2 Nov 2006 09:48:04 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: XVqTm1gVM1kviF7ovGurAtnKwrsS3jlhmz1PxJ2Sk7vN.COtGKROhvFe8M9Q3WXKJ7O.nHViu0RKCH5Ec0iOdzmpEH8rsM3ZONwNEzGp4epwVEf24uYmuoEjgu15TAKY3i6brT1KEtRA4DZE4FUluZOJQa6lbdFP Message-ID: <4549BEDB.2080804@yahoo.co.uk> Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2006 12:48:11 +0300 From: Michel Merinoff User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060705) 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> <200610311014.57356.bss03@volumehost.net> In-Reply-To: <200610311014.57356.bss03@volumehost.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 9f297dc5-132e-453f-a863-66938017fa13 X-Archives-Hash: 7f9bb1a9c314f26d2c4b65fc2040d299 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Tuesday 31 October 2006 09:59, Daniel Iliev 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. > > > Should this mean, that you have to recompile all the drivers already installed after recompiling the kernel with a new feature added or after upgrading it up to newer version? Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list