Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Tuesday 31 October 2006 09:59, Daniel Iliev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > about 'Re: [gentoo-amd64] kernel recompile?': > >> I think gcc version should not have impact on X because NVidia's drivers >> are binary, closed source - they don't care about the gcc used to >> compile the kernel or the X server. Actually I think the emerge only >> installs those drivers and checks for common configuration errors. >> > > No, there's no way to make a pure binary driver that works on all systems, > because symbols in the kernel will be at different locations depending on > options it was compiled with. > > > Should this mean, that you have to recompile all the drivers already installed after recompiling the kernel with a new feature added or after upgrading it up to newer version? Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
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