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

[bdunne]

>I have one final question... will it always be necessary to upadate the
>kernel-module-nvidia-driver with each kernel update? Or will something 
eventually
>be put in place so that the driver from the previous kernel will work with 
the
>new one?

Yes, a feature called modversioning is being developed.  It allows the kernel 
module to check and see if all the kernel hooks it uses are compatible with 
what it expects, even if it is compiled for a different version of the kernel.
 Modversioning won't be a guarantee that a module compiled for kernel X with 
work with kernel Y, but it will make it a real possibility.

Check out this article at LWN for more info:

http://lwn.net/Articles/21393/

Cheers,
Bryan

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