[EMAIL PROTECTED] (HoytDuff) writes:
> On Tuesday 01 October 2002 11:56 pm, Scott Lamb scribbled in crayon on a
> yellow legal pad:
> > Wolfgang Gill wrote:
> > > Why don't you download there SRC's and compile them yourself. Then
> > > there's no need to wait for the 8.0 ready versions. I'll be doing that as
> > > soon as my 8.0 boxset arrives. :-)
> >
> > The problem is that the .src.rpms do not contain the complete source
> > code. There's a large chunk of binary code in there.
>
> That's how closed-source drivers are done. I don't see that as a problem
> unless you object to closed-source drivers. If you do, then don't use them.
He probably meant to say that because 8.0 uses a different compiler than
7.3, the binary format of an object file could be different and it does
matter when you're talking about the kernel (ie modules should be compiled
with the same compiler used for the kernel).
That's probably why it could be a good reason for nvidia to release a
source (well semi-binary) and a binary driver for 8.0.
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