-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 04:49:50PM -0700, Brad Fuller wrote: > Thomas Kuther wrote: > >On Mo, 12.03.07 17:22 "Reuben Martin" <reuben.m@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > >>I believe only the migration helpers patch is needed for the legacy > >>96** series. > >> > >> > > > >Yes, the kmem_cache_t removal patch is not important. The new 9755 > >driver doesn't need to be patched at all. > > > >Tom > > > > > > > >>On 3/12/07, Thomas Kuther <gimpel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >>>On Mo, 12.03.07 19:00 David Baron <d_baron@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>>At least the 9631 version of the Nvidia video driver did not > >>>>compile after the patch was applied and the kernel successfully > >>>>build and booted. Same would definitely hold for older Nvidia > >>>>versions and possibly newer ones as well. > >>>> > >>>>Problem: A bunch of obseleted #define SA_..... entries > >>>>in the linux source/include/linux/interrupt.h > >>>> > >>>>They say do not use in newer code but Nvidia does need them. > >>>> > >>>>Solution: Copy these from an older or unpatched version of this > >>>>file and then paste into the new one. One need not rebuild the > >>>>kernel since these are no longer used there. After do this, > >>>>Nvidia will build and run fine (so far). > >>>> > >>>Don't "fix" the kernel, but fix the drivers ;) > >>>Patches for 9746 driver attached. > >>> > Tom, > where did you get these patches? I have an MX4000 and apparently the > last nvidia driver to support this chipset is v9731, but I can't get it > to work. I assume I need these patches and possibly copy over the > obsoleted #define SA_..... entries? > > And, what is the "migration helpers patch"? > > Basically: do you know what I need to do to make the nvidia driver > version that works for MX4000 work? > OK, I have to ask a really stupid question. I was told that no special kernel modules or proprietary drivers are required in order to get Nvidia graphics chips working: the free "nv" driver is supposed to work just fine (for 2D anyway, which is all I need). Am I missing something? Did I make a boo-boo by buying a machine with an Nvidia chip? - -ken -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGFcjye8HF+6xeOIcRAh9tAJ9SMmrXeTcYM1KvzzZg1GXat//pOACdHtOr Yd/m2ylhsNssU73KZUIlPYo= =bxtt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/linux-audio-user
