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himpierre
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 Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2004 10:03 pm Post subject: which kernel for nvidia |
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Hello
Which kernel do you guys use for the nvidia-kernel-module? I have gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.4-r1 running fine and wanted to upgrade to gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.5-r1. But this kernel does not compile if i don't use the IOMMU option. If i use this option i can't enable amd64-agp.
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cryos
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| Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2004 9:42 am Post subject: |
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| I use gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.5-r1 without problems with the nvidia driver. I don't believe I enabled IOMMU - what is it? Anyway, amd64 AGP seems to be working just great unless I screwed something up I'm not aware of... I am using it now with xorg-x11 and 3D acceleration support. |
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Suicidal
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| Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 8:47 pm Post subject: |
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I have had good successes with gentoo-dev and love as long as the following settings are adhered to.
Processor type and features
| Code: | | [ ] Use register arguments (EXPERIMENTAL) |
This will break alot of binary dirvers like nvidia and ATI drivers
Kernel Hacking
| Code: | | [ ] Use 4Kb for kernel stacks instead of 8Kb |
This does a good deal on my snort machine for managing memory but it will break the nvidia and ATI drivers in a second.
In addition no agpgart or DRM
Device Drivers >> Character Devices
| Code: | < > /dev/agpgart (AGP Support)
[ ] Direct Rendering Manager (XFree86 4.1.0 and higher DRI support) |
I have never found a need for this since the nvidia driver will handle it. |
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blueworm
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| Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Any vanilla kernel will work. I use 2.6.5 and it works fine. |
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