kernel-module-nvidia-driver for kernel-2.2.22-1.2149.nptl?

[HD]

Keith G. Robertson-Turner wrote:

>Various parts of the upstream release are binary only and proprietary,
>therefore a binary "repackaging" of the NVidia self-extracting archive is
>a bit ethically "questionable", putting it mildly. Not that I'm judging
>other efforts (Axel), just stating that personally I wouldn't do it. In a
>perfect world, NVidia would officially release the full driver/glx SDK as
>GPL'd OSS, but I think we all know that's never going to happen.
>
>The Livna source RPM contains the original upstream release intact, and
>the "rebuild" extracts the contents to create an RPM locally (4 in fact,
>the driver module, the glx component, the glx devel package and a debug
>package), in addition to various %pre and &post scripts to set everything
>up properly and clean up.
>
>Rebuilding only takes a few seconds, but if you really want a binary only
>solution then stick with Axel Thimm's binaries at:
>
>http://apt.physik.fu-berlin.de/fedora/1/en/i386/RPMS.at-testing/
>
>(also in "at-bleeding")
>
>Bear in mind, that if you do choose an "RPM binary-only solution", then
>every time you do a kernel update (and they're coming thick and fast
>recently) you will have to wait for Axel to release a new NVidia package,
>which won't be instantaneous. Also, if you run a custom kernel (maybe you
>need to recompile for certain driver support for a new piece of hardware)
>then you'll have no option but to rebuild using either the upstream
>release or a source RPM.
>  
>
Thanks for the great explanation. This has all been a great learning 
experience for me!

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HD

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