nvidia-kernel

[Philippe Bourcier <buffalo.phil@free.fr>]

    hi all,

  I am using the amd64 port:
$ uname -a
Linux gala 2.6.17-2-amd64 #1 SMP Fri Aug 11 20:47:32 CEST 2006
x86_64 GNU/Linux

  could somebody explain me the following:

$ apt-config dump |grep Architecture
APT::Architecture "amd64";
$ apt-cache search nvidia-kernel
nvidia-kernel-common - NVIDIA binary kernel module common files
nvidia-glx - NVIDIA binary XFree86 4.x driver
nvidia-glx-ia32 - NVIDIA binary XFree86 4.x driver
nvidia-glx-legacy - NVIDIA binary Xorg driver (legacy version)
nvidia-glx-legacy-ia32 - NVIDIA binary Xorg driver (legacy
version)
nvidia-kernel-2.6-486 - NVIDIA binary kernel module for 2.6
series compiled for 486
nvidia-kernel-2.6-686 - NVIDIA binary kernel module for 2.6
series compiled for 686
nvidia-kernel-2.6-k7 - NVIDIA binary kernel module for 2.6 series
compiled for k7
nvidia-kernel-legacy-2.6-486 - NVIDIA binary kernel module for
2.6 series compiled for 486
nvidia-kernel-legacy-2.6-686 - NVIDIA binary kernel module for
2.6 series compiled for 686
nvidia-kernel-legacy-2.6-k7 - NVIDIA binary kernel module for 2.6
series compiled for k7
nvidia-kernel-legacy-source - NVIDIA binary kernel module source
(legacy version)
nvidia-kernel-source - NVIDIA binary kernel module source

  why this?
  this is quiet the same than for i386:

$ apt-config dump |grep Architecture
APT::Architecture "i386";
$ apt-cache search nvidia-kernel
nvidia-kernel-common - NVIDIA binary kernel module common files
nvidia-glx - NVIDIA binary XFree86 4.x driver
nvidia-glx-legacy - NVIDIA binary Xorg driver (legacy version)
nvidia-kernel-2.6-486 - NVIDIA binary kernel module for 2.6
series compiled for 486
nvidia-kernel-2.6-686 - NVIDIA binary kernel module for 2.6
series compiled for 686
nvidia-kernel-2.6-k7 - NVIDIA binary kernel module for 2.6 series
compiled for k7
nvidia-kernel-2.6.17-1-486 - NVIDIA binary kernel module for
Linux 2.6.17-1-486
nvidia-kernel-2.6.17-1-686 - NVIDIA binary kernel module for
Linux 2.6.17-1-686
nvidia-kernel-2.6.17-1-k7 - NVIDIA binary kernel module for Linux
2.6.17-1-k7
nvidia-kernel-legacy-2.6-486 - NVIDIA binary kernel module for
2.6 series compiled for 486
nvidia-kernel-legacy-2.6-686 - NVIDIA binary kernel module for
2.6 series compiled for 686
nvidia-kernel-legacy-2.6-k7 - NVIDIA binary kernel module for 2.6
series compiled for k7
nvidia-kernel-legacy-2.6.17-1-486 - NVIDIA binary kernel module
for Linux 2.6.17-1-486 (legacy version)
nvidia-kernel-legacy-2.6.17-1-686 - NVIDIA binary kernel module
for Linux 2.6.17-1-686 (legacy version)
nvidia-kernel-legacy-2.6.17-1-k7 - NVIDIA binary kernel module
for Linux 2.6.17-1-k7 (legacy version)
nvidia-kernel-legacy-source - NVIDIA binary kernel module source
(legacy version)
nvidia-kernel-source - NVIDIA binary kernel module source

  where can I find something like nvidia-kernel-2.6.17-1-amd64?

    thanks a lot,
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