"Dan Nicholson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 10/12/06, Alberto Hernando <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> I'd like to ask you what gcc version you use. I use 4.1.1 to compile the >> applications, and so far has worked perfectly. It can also compile the >> kernel. But it seems that I can't compile the nvidia driver. I could with >> kernel 2.6.16, but I can't now with kernel 2.6.18. And there is another >> driver that I've installed under debian, with kernel 2.6.16 and gcc-4.0.3, >> and I can't in the LFS with gcc-4.1.1. So I am going to install gcc-4.0.3, >> but I don't know if I can have problems if I have binaries compiled with >> different compilers. What do you think? > > Slow down.
[...] > Breaking because of the kernel is much more likely, in fact. The Linux > kernel changes it's API every release. For modules in the kernel tree, > they get tested and fixed. But external modules can break if they're > not keeping up with the bleeding edge of kernel development. I'd > expect the next Nvidia release to be fixed in this respect. What > version are you trying to build? While not on (B)LFS, on my primary desktop, I am perfectly able to build the nVidia module (latest stable 8774 and beta 9625) with gcc-4.1.1 and kernel-2.6.18 (This is gentoo running here, but I don't think that matters) I never saw the nVidia module break (unlike ATI's driver which usually needs manual attention after kernel (or gcc) upgrades). Are you using nVidia's installer? What's the error message? hth, Alex -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
