[gentoo-user] Re: nvidia and kernel support

[Peter <pete4abw@comcast.net>]

On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 11:58:58 +0200, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote:

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> 
> and: if you have enabled iommu support, agpsupport is built in the kernel.
> Because both are the same for AMD64.
> 
> There is nio good reason to build agpsupport as modul on amd64, so it is
> ok to build it in. Just make a kernel, install the kernel and install
> nvidia-kernel and nvidia-glx.

Actually, if you want to use the nvidia agpgart drivers, agpgart support
should be a module. Depending on your nvidia options, it will be loaded
when the nvidia module is loaded, or nvidia will handle agpgart itself.

>From the README:

X Config Options

Option "NvAGP" "integer"

    Configure AGP support. Integer argument can be one of:
    
        Value             Behavior
        --------------    ---------------------------------------------------
        0                 disable AGP
        1                 use NVIDIA's internal AGP support, if possible
        2                 use AGPGART, if possible
        3                 use any AGP support (try AGPGART, then NVIDIA's
                          AGP)

If agpgart is compiled into the kernel, only 2 will work.
-- 
Peter


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