From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: <gentoo-dev-return-1357-arch-gentoo-dev=gentoo.org@gentoo.org> Received: (qmail 23832 invoked by uid 1002); 6 Feb 2003 03:19:32 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-dev@gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-dev-unsubscribe@gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-dev-subscribe@gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-dev.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 7541 invoked from network); 6 Feb 2003 03:19:32 -0000 From: Caleb Shay <caleb@webninja.com> To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <3E41CF46.2030208@mail.gatech.edu> References: <3E41CF46.2030208@mail.gatech.edu> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1044501115.3010.0.camel@chinstrap> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.1- Date: 05 Feb 2003 22:11:56 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Nvidia GLX source X-Archives-Salt: 7e265d3d-23e3-436b-9223-f82f1632d432 X-Archives-Hash: a6be8810758f1ad45da347b0ca299d4e That src.rpm just contains a tar.gz that contains the same binary driver everybody is already using. As far as being able to play tuxracer again, you should be able to already. Caleb On Wed, 2003-02-05 at 21:58, Bob Thomas wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On the Nvidia web site, they have a source RPM (but no tar) for the GLX > driver. I don't know what all is contained in it, but would it be > possible to make an ebuild to extract the source from the rpm, compile > it (optimized), and install it? If it were possible, I think it would be > better than using the binary version. I would think that this would make > prelinking possible if it were compiled right, and you could probably > get performance gains by compiling it with your customized CFLAGS. > > So, how about it? Has anybody looked at the source RPM from Nvidia? Has > anybody tried compiling it? Can this be added to portage? Will I ever be > able to play tuxracer again? > > - -- > Robert Thomas > Georgia Institute of Technology > Email: gtg663h@mail.gatech.edu > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQE+Qc9GkRe6eFyQaRcRAvtEAJ47sE1ypvSmvr4kXBj+PcKrkfqufACfVaWl > eJwiOmAxAJgj9umj+w6OUas= > =RKgf > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list -- /*--------------------------------------------------------------------- Caleb Shay "UNIX _IS_ user friendly. Programmer/System Administrator It's just particular about Providence, RI who its friends are." ---------------------------------------------------------------------*/ -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list