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* [gentoo-user] Re: nvidia-drivers-304.64 build failure against vanilla linux-3.7.4
  @ 2013-01-27  1:08 99% ` walt
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From: walt @ 2013-01-27  1:08 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

On 01/26/2013 04:06 PM, staticsafe wrote:
> I just grabbed vanilla 3.7.4 from kernel.org, the kernel build itself
> went fine but when I did a modules-rebuild, the nvidia module failed to
> build. 

Yes, this happens fairly often with proprietary drivers.  Once upon a time
I would spend hours hacking away at the nvidia install scripts and I got
pretty good at fixing the problems (always caused by sudden changes to
the linux kernel header files) but now I just can't work up enough energy
to do it any longer.

The nvidia-drivers you need still compile against linux-3.6.11, but no
later than that.  I know because I use the same drivers.

The nvidia devs will eventually get around to patching the kernel drivers
for older nvidia hardware, but they're getting slower as the hardware ages.




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