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fox2mike 06/03/04 06:35:31 |
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Modified: xml/htdocs/doc/en nvidia-guide.xml |
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Log: |
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104670 - Fixes to the guide so that the in-kernel and binary drivers don't conflict. Thanks to Brandon Thomson <gravix at gmail dot com> for reporting and nightmorph for providing a patch. |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.25 +55 -3 xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml |
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file : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml?rev=1.25&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=gentoo |
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plain: http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml?rev=1.25&content-type=text/plain&cvsroot=gentoo |
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diff : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml.diff?r1=1.24&r2=1.25&cvsroot=gentoo |
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Index: nvidia-guide.xml |
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=================================================================== |
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml,v |
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retrieving revision 1.24 |
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retrieving revision 1.25 |
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diff -u -r1.24 -r1.25 |
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--- nvidia-guide.xml 17 Feb 2006 19:01:06 -0000 1.24 |
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+++ nvidia-guide.xml 4 Mar 2006 06:35:31 -0000 1.25 |
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?> |
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-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml,v 1.24 2006/02/17 19:01:06 nightmorph Exp $ --> |
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+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml,v 1.25 2006/03/04 06:35:31 fox2mike Exp $ --> |
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<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> |
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<guide link="/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml"> |
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<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> |
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<license/> |
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-<version>1.20</version> |
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-<date>2006-02-17</date> |
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+<version>1.21</version> |
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+<date>2006-03-04</date> |
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<chapter> |
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<title>Introduction</title> |
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[*] MTRR (Memory Type Range Register) support |
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</pre> |
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+</body> |
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+</section> |
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+<section> |
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+<title>Arch-specific notes</title> |
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+<body> |
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+ |
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+<impo> |
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+For x86 and AMD64 processors, the in-kernel driver conflicts with the binary |
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+driver provided by nVidia. If you will be compiling your kernel for these CPUs, |
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+you must completely remove support for the in-kernel driver as shown: |
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+</impo> |
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+ |
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+<pre caption="Remove the in-kernel driver"> |
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+Device Drivers ---> |
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+Graphics Support ---> |
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+< > nVidia Framebuffer Support |
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+< > nVidia Riva support |
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+</pre> |
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+ |
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+<p> |
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+A good framebuffer alternative is <c>VESA</c>: |
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+</p> |
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+ |
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+<pre caption="Enable VESA support"> |
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+Device Drivers ---> |
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+Graphics Support ---> |
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+<*> VESA VGA graphics support |
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+</pre> |
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+ |
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+<p> |
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+Then, under "VESA driver type" select either <c>vesafb</c> or |
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+<c>vesafb-tng</c>: |
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+</p> |
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+ |
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+<pre caption="Select framebuffer type"> |
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+( ) vesafb |
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+(X) vesafb-tng |
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+</pre> |
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+ |
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+<p> |
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+For more information, you can read up |
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+<path>/usr/src/linux/Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt</path> if you are using |
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+<c>vesafb</c> or look for your framebuffer documentation under |
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+<path>/usr/src/linux/Documentation/fb/</path>. |
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+</p> |
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+ |
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+</body> |
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+</section> |
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+<section> |
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+<title>Continuing with Kernel Configuration</title> |
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+<body> |
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+ |
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<p> |
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nVidia's modules and libraries are combined in two packages: <c>nvidia-glx</c> |
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and <c>nvidia-kernel</c>. The former are the X11 GLX libraries while the latter |
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