Re: NVidia driver for sparc
On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 12:11:32PM -0600, Alvaro F. Figueroa Cabezas wrote:
> I was hoping to by a
> http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/computing-gaming/3828.shtml as an add on to
> my Sun Blade 100 box I have at home.
>
> The thing is that NVdia precompiles their drivers and kernel modules to
> the intel arch.
Yeah, and the main problem with those drivers is that they are closed
source and known to contain bugs that corrupt kernel memory (see a
linux-kernel archive for more information). Unfortunately Nvidia
doesn't want to release the source, so the bugs won't get fixed.
> Could you guys help me bug NVdia, and ask them to release drivers for the
> UltraSparc arch?
Better bug Nvidia to release their drivers as open source. If they
don't want to, just tell them that you are disappointed and will buy a
product from a competitor.
Erik
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