On Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 10:37:53PM +0100, John Pilkington wrote:
> John Welch wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 2:54 PM, John Pilkington<[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> >>>
> >> I can't speak for Axel, but in general it appears that all kmdls
> >> disappear from the repo when a new kernel is released.  kmdls for the
> >> new kernel appear fairly soon if there are no build problems but may
> >> otherwise be delayed.  If you need a kmdl for specific hardware it's
> >> best not to upgrade the kernel until the new kmdl has appeared.   If you
> >> enter the cycle between the disappearance of the old kmdl and the
> >> appearance of the new one, too bad!
> >>
> >> http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=122606
> >>
> >> John P
> >>
> >>
> > 
> > Thanks for the response John P.  I totally understand that if I
> > upgrade to a new kernel before the kmdl is available then it is my
> > tough luck, so to speak.  However, two things prompted my question.
> > First, all the other NVidia kmdls (as well as a lot of other kmdls for
> > this kernel) showed up in the repo on September 7th, so I was a bit
> > surprised that the 173.xx kmdls weren't there.  Second, and more
> > surprising, is that not only aren't the NVidia 173.xx kmdls in the
> > repo, but all the 173.xx pacakges (regular package, libs package,
> > devel package, etc.) are missing as well.  This is leading me to
> > believe that the 173 series may no longer be made available in the
> > ATrpms repo, even though it is still a relevant driver for those of us
> > with FX5200 (and other "5" series) cards.
> > 
> > John
> > 
> On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 12:07:03PM +0100, John Pilkington wrote:
>  > > Hi Axel:  I don't know how you choose which of the innumerable nvidia
>  > > drivers to support,
> 
> Axel's response, the same day:
> 
> Actually with nvidia it's "if it still (sanely) builds, support it".
> 
> ... but of course circumstances may change.

No, that's still the case, it just doesn't build anymore on
2.6.30. I'll check the beta/pre-release, maybe that works.
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net

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