On Sat, 2004-03-06 at 17:56, Timothy A. Chagnon wrote: > > "Since the Linux kernel does not support a binary driver interface, we > > provide for rebuilding these files on the target machine (or distribution) > > and then linking with the binary version of the NV kernel driver." > > > > but I'm not sure what this means. > > The nvidia installer does contain source code so when you install a new > kernel you can rebuild the module for it. The source is all copyright > NVidia though, and the installer is an all inclusive shell script which > is probably why it's referred to as binary a lot.
I don't think this is correct. NVidia distributes the compiled object files for their driver in the shell script and just link them against the kernel you are running during installation. --[Lance] -- Carolina Spirit Quest: http://www.carolinaspiritquest.org/ Celebrate The Circle: http://www.angelfire.com/nc/celebratethecircle/ My LiveJournal: http://www.livejournal.com/users/labrown/ -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
