Alan Coopersmith wrote: > Ken Mays wrote: > >> The latest driver from Nvidia adds all of the latest support for the newer >> graphic cards and better LCD restore support as well on notebooks. >> > > And it removes support for older graphics cards, forcing us to > have to choose between existing users and new users. > > We do work directly with nvidia on the nvidia Solaris driver, > and know about new versions before they are posted, so if you > see we've fallen behind, you can safely assume it's because > we have a reason, not just because we haven't noticed yet. > > We're keeping the "nv" driver up-to-date to get support for > the newest cards during the installation, at which point users > can download and install the newer nvidia driver if they need it. > (nv 2.1.2 will be in nv_70.
This is also a problem for BeleniX. The out of the box LiveCD experience will not be the same on all the Nvidia cards. It will have to remain with the 9xxx series to retain support for the existing major used cards. Not many will be using the latest GPUs. Regards, Moinak.
