Decent Graphics card / 64 bit system / imaging

[Thomas Charron]

On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 3:59 PM, Labitt, Bruce
<labittb1 at tycoelectronics.com> wrote:
> "When you remake a new nvidia module" what does that mean?
>
> Does that "taint" the kernel?  I've wondered what that means.  I
> installed nvidia binaries onto a suse 9.3 system and remember that
> expression.

  Basically, the nvidia kernel module for the binary driver is an
'adapter' to the binary library.  As a kernel is updated, the nvidia
wrapper needs to be recompiled to provide a module for that new kernel
version.  If you're using a distro that provides the nvidia binary
driver, and you never make a new kernel yourself, then you're more
then likely golden.

  Tainting the kernel just means that there is a non GPLed module
being loaded, and it's not running pure open source code.  That's a
general explanation, GPL code can also taint the kernel.  It's just a
flag to say, 'Someones currently in bed with us.  If the bed breaks,
we may not have done it'.

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-- Thomas