> Wandering a bit from the original issue, but why is the nvidia driver > so tightly tied to the kernel version? As far as I can tell, most of > the X drivers don't care what kernel you are using. Is it really > necessary to rebuild every time you change kernels? This seems > particularly problematic if you are switching between kernels, because > at most one could be happy.
The drivers that come with X use the DRI method for direct rendering. The DRI kernel modules are part of the kernel source. NVIDIA doesn't use DRI but their own form of direct rendering hence the building of a separate kernel module. -- -------------------------------------------- Randall Donald [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.khensu.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Programmer/Debian Developer GnuPG: 6C27DEAB -------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
