Re: woody/sarge on Barton MoBo? kt600 and/or which nvidia
On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 08:07, Roberto Sanchez wrote:
> Kent West wrote:
> > Retraction/Correction/Apology
> >
> > (Hopefully this will get posted before others on the list "correct" me
> > in my errors.)
> >
> > Kent West wrote:
> >
> >> In short, I came to despise nvidia, first for not releasing their
> >> [driver code/chipset specs] so that the Linux folks who know what
> >> they're doing could package it into Debian (or the kernel, as
> >> appropriate)
> >
> >
> > After writing that in my anger/frustration and before I had fully
> > awakened, and then posting it like the idiot I am, I started getting
> > ready for my day and while in the shower realized "Duh! If I can
> > download the source for the driver, that means that nvidia _has_
> > released the [driver code/chipset specs]!"
> >
> > So my apologies to nvidia, and to any I've offended, and I hereby
> > retract/correct my statement that nvidia has not released their driver
> > code.
> >
>
> If you are referring the sound AGPGART then yes. However, the ethernet
> uses a binary-only library with a partial source that is just interface
> code for the kernel.
Also, note that the "NIC" built into nForce is *very* minimal, and
requires much more CPU overhead than other on-board NICs.
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