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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers: nvidia-drivers-313.18.ebuild ChangeLog
Date: Sun, 03 Mar 2013 23:11:55
Message-Id: kh0lao$6gm$1@ger.gmane.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers: nvidia-drivers-313.18.ebuild ChangeLog by Alec Warner
1 On 03/03/13 09:11, Alec Warner wrote:
2 > [...] My understanding of the summary is that the nvidia-driver
3 > Gentoo team only supports kernels that nvidia themselves (upstream)
4 > support. The Kernels > 3.4 are not supported by upstream, so they
5 > are also not supported in Gentoo. [...] There is a fear as well, that
6 > the patches may damage cards (since the patches are not supported by
7 > the vendor.)
8
9 Is there any communication with NVidia about this? They have a Linux
10 developers forum:
11
12 https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/board/98/linux