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On Thu, 02 Nov 2006 12:48:11 +0300, Michel Merinoff wrote: |
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> > No, there's no way to make a pure binary driver that works on all |
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> > systems, because symbols in the kernel will be at different locations |
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> > depending on options it was compiled with. |
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> Should this mean, that you have to recompile all the drivers already |
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> installed after recompiling the kernel with a new feature added or after |
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> upgrading it up to newer version? |
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Yes, if you are referring to kernel modules. But most are part of the |
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kernel tree anyway, so they are updated along with the kernel. The only |
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ones you need to worry about are things like the Nvidia drivers, some |
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wireless card drivers and so forth. sys-kernel/module-rebuild can do this |
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for you, just run it after a kernel compile. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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