From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [69.77.167.62] (helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Ko0ON-0004N6-Kh for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:37:43 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E553EE07F1; Thu, 9 Oct 2008 18:37:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gv-out-0910.google.com (gv-out-0910.google.com [216.239.58.190]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B187E07F1 for ; Thu, 9 Oct 2008 18:37:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id n8so84073gve.39 for ; Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:37:40 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :x-enigmail-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=gyg/P09zB95VHPwRBXrKNRdGw2OemLsv2fF3bE57374=; b=HTE0x2I9W6Gjwhcow164Q7pAjFatdjrmbjIieCkUTVX6VjE7GOo8CMUa3K4r44JrFV srz6rgXO5TabthGC2bDTpV4GEoam/3DMkcrpcFS6+HJ94uLvKz2GSrR9E2o4yfsLshCj jk25lK25MZNZjJN12wAsXxq14gG0OrRa3IY0E= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=jefJNMd0TwC3Q9d5Rk1dflOexNiMZJbJlKkMp6iOBAkztvP2LencCCRDTvCUzMDGMe Wu/ZW8jDo9aG4zM46x+Lnap9RPtYpfSFXRzo6B66JQmRgQfeLKfu6BuuVuFc8eZ5ssbd YVK7YHCoLO4cAzT8rZ2PKVWZVzMue6fb+kZjE= Received: by 10.86.70.3 with SMTP id s3mr599036fga.41.1223577460022; Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:37:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.0.2? (dslb-092-075-089-064.pools.arcor-ip.net [92.75.89.64]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 3sm574010fge.3.2008.10.09.11.37.38 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:37:39 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <48EE4F71.3000707@googlemail.com> Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:37:37 +0200 From: Daniel Pielmeier User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20080928) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Compiling for an unbooted kernel References: <20081009174837.GA6279@solfire> <200810092015.20449.dirk.heinrichs@online.de> <20081009182520.GA6643@solfire> In-Reply-To: <20081009182520.GA6643@solfire> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: ebe09120-435e-46c1-87ff-ccb6d3144aff X-Archives-Hash: d68b21bdafb2caffd3a0ae3ae35ea79d meino.cramer@gmx.de schrieb am 09.10.2008 20:25: > thanks for help. But let me come back to my initial question: > > Is it possible to compile the source of the nvidia driver interface > for a currently compiled but unbooted kernel ? Does the nvidia-driver really need the kernel for which it will be compiled running? I always compile the new kernel, let module-rebuild do it's job and reboot. Never had problems with this. I think it just needs the kernel sources ready for which it will be compiled. This means emerging kernel sources and have the symlink properly set. To use a new driver when there is no kernel change without a reboot you just need to stop the X-Server unload and load the nvidia driver and start the X-Server again. Regards, Daniel