From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "David L. Craig" Subject: Re: linux rt 3.4.8-rt16 and nv 302.17, and system freezes, does nvidia strike again? Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 07:48:03 -0400 Message-ID: <20120824114803.GA11693@dlc-dt.home> References: <1345264436.8439.15.camel@marge.simpson.net> <20120818070110.GA26476@dlc-dt.home> <20120818110637.GA30911@dlc-dt.home> <20120823225044.GA14991@dlc-dt.home> <1345789593.4331.42.camel@marge.simpson.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: "David L. Craig" , Javier Sanz , RT To: Mike Galbraith Return-path: Received: from mail-qc0-f174.google.com ([209.85.216.174]:49959 "EHLO mail-qc0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750908Ab2HXLsL (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Aug 2012 07:48:11 -0400 Received: by qcro28 with SMTP id o28so1133655qcr.19 for ; Fri, 24 Aug 2012 04:48:10 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1345789593.4331.42.camel@marge.simpson.net> Sender: linux-rt-users-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 12Aug24:0826+0200, Mike Galbraith wrote: > On Thu, 2012-08-23 at 18:50 -0400, David L. Craig wrote: > > > I have asked for suggestions > > on this list and in the Debian bug report about > > next steps but thus far have received no responses. > > Once you report a black box (proprietary) driver problem to black box > manufacturer, your next and only step is to wait for same to produce a > new black box. Nobody else can fix the problem, even if the source of > that problem lies in the well illuminated kernel. It's dark inside the > black box, and only it's manufacturer can flip the light switch. Unless the black box is fine and it's the well-illuminated kernel that needs to be patched, n'est pas? And, yes, I'm aware of how likely that is to be true. :-) -- May the LORD God bless you exceedingly abundantly! Dave_Craig______________________________________________ "So the universe is not quite as you thought it was. You'd better rearrange your beliefs, then. Because you certainly can't rearrange the universe." __--from_Nightfall_by_Asimov/Silverberg_________________