From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1S9mXy-0003i1-Nj for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:03:31 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 52244E0B8E for ; Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:03:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wg0-f53.google.com (mail-wg0-f53.google.com [74.125.82.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D8E2E0BAD for ; Mon, 19 Mar 2012 21:40:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wgbfm10 with SMTP id fm10so1045595wgb.10 for ; Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:40:34 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=lotWxyIHICJUBrM2PI/McXpvZEvNFY4jkDDREKs9YAo=; b=u4bz1CkDqiPc75NBEtHd5or+v9JKc3iTk9tCbvfW/+J6yR0ZQJvR/RMaXljwm2sog1 WlvowaWHd5w/OxRxCuWTj1Q0B3tWyVsS6hEChPIEmnPFC/IcDe8e5gdeTHnfDGT1OukG /Mjtd/xoimjglp767oX63cCr+GhL2L8wVeeOpvvxJ1BB81QRBgH2RgulLEa/sG1/2loP 7S5BQo658GBizSNIFfRR5ONUUMkQLbCWu2OB+GMXK/u0ov8niBTTycUb1w7tJjpoxLH4 qJy7MxGwc5Vxtr407Uyog/TzpwB0whMv0+4Ypb+6YOjrkdSZrDZrwBfh7QBkY0P1xbPX SWSw== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.180.19.37 with SMTP id b5mr23260803wie.9.1332193234653; Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:40:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.8.68 with HTTP; Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:40:34 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20120319212819.GA27683@crud> References: <20120319121229.0a9ecd3b.frank.peters@comcast.net> <20120319212819.GA27683@crud> Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:40:34 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Kernel-3.3.0 and Nvidia-drivers From: Mark Knecht To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: d6eed3cb-b3aa-4644-8868-b6d6e207f77a X-Archives-Hash: 73bfa23c427b99a653af4f7fca6785e5 On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Barry Schwartz wrote: > Mark Knecht skribis: >> And how would one use CUDA if we gave up nvidia-drivers? Does nouveau >> support all the CUDA stuff? > > I think they may have reverse engineered CUDA, but whether it is > implemented I don=E2=80=99t know, and I wouldn=E2=80=99t want to be the o= ne to test > it, either. :) > > I=E2=80=99m donating processor time with boinc and that=E2=80=99s good en= ough reason > to use the binary driver if it gives me more processor to donate. > > (Waiting before installing anything new is painful, I know, because > with Gentoo you always feel like you want it to be doing something, or > at least that=E2=80=99s my experience. :) ) > I have no problem with you or anyone else running nouveau. None at all. I do have a problem with someone saying 'it's time for everyone to give up nvidia-drivers' without demonstrating they know the full impact of what they are suggesting. Had Cheng Renquan suggest 'Maybe people who don't need anything other than basic X capabilities should consider running nouveau' I wouldn't have even chimed in. And thanks for running boinc. It's good of you and good for you. Cheers, Mark