The future of "nv" driver (was: Linux compatible mainboards -another thought)
On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:35:55 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 2010-04-21 13:04, Camaleón wrote:
>>>> 1/ "nv" driver (only 2-D)
>>> Except that Nvidia deprecated this driver a few weeks ago...
>>
>> ... only for "newer" (fermi) cards ;-)
>
> Will they keep it current with X?
Let me "copy/paste" from the official announcemnet¹:
***
"(...) For this reason, NVIDIA is dropping support, on new GPUs, for the
xf86-video-nv driver.
Details:
- NVIDIA will continue to support the existing functionality and
existing level of acceleration in the nv driver for existing GPUs,
on existing, and (within reason) future, X server versions.
- NVIDIA will not support the xf86-video-nv driver on Fermi or
later GPUs.
- NVIDIA will not support DisplayPort, on any GPU, in the
xf86-video-nv driver."
***
So I think the "nv" driver will keep the same "bugs|features" that has
right now and will still get some security patches, but I'm afraid that's
all we (linux users) can expect.
¹ http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2010-March/049749.html
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
Reply to: