[TriLUG] Re: Debian on Dell

[Timothy A. Chagnon]

On Sat, 2004-03-06 at 22:33, Lance A. Brown wrote:
> 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]
> 

Yeah, I know.  I was trying to keep it short and simple. The installer
does contain _some_ source which gets recompiled per kernel.  That
source makes up the "glue", like Dan (crimsun) said, that ties the
binaries to the kernel.

-- 
Timothy A. Chagnon <tchagnon at nc.rr.com>
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