Re: [SLUG] New Nvidia Drivers

From: Tyler Vann-Campbell (tyler.v@gmail.com)
Date: Sat Jul 03 2004 - 14:46:15 EDT


On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 11:28:14 -0400, Wade S Grant <sqdnguns@sqdnguns.com> wrote:
> For those of us using Nvidia cards on our Linux box, Nvidia has released
> new drivers as of 6/30. Some brief details from the site:
>
> Version: 1.0-6106
> Operating System: Linux IA32
> Release Date: June 30, 2004
>
> Release Highlights
>
> * Added support for GeForce 6800 series of GPUs
> * Added support for PCI-Express
> * Added support for GLSL (OpenGL Shading Language).
> * Added support for GL_EXT_pixel_buffer_object.
> * Fixed problem that prevented 32-bit kernel driver from running
> on certain AMD64 CPUs.
> * Added support for ACPI
> * Added support for 4kstack kernels.
> * Added configuration utility "nvidia-settings". For details,
> see the user guide
> * Added a shell script "nvidia-bug-report.sh" that gathers system
> configuration information into a log file; the resulting log
> file (nvidia-bug-report.log) should be included when reporting
> bugs to NVIDIA.
> * Added a new Xv adaptor on GeForce4 and GeForce FX which uses
> the 3D engine to do Xv PutImage requests.
> * View the README (Text Version) for more information on this
> release.
>
> http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_1.0-6106.html
>
> Hope some of you find this useful.
> --
> Wade S Grant
> USMC, Retired

That's great, though I'm not a fan of the binary only drivers, I
consider the nvidia module a necessary evil. In any case, the ACPI
support should be nice, I'm still booting with pci=biosirq to work
around the buggy ACPI support on 5336.

Is there an ebuild yet?
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