From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 3 Nov 2002 08:23:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 3 Nov 2002 08:23:20 -0500 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.224.249]:44756 "EHLO main.gmane.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 3 Nov 2002 08:23:19 -0500 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Path: not-for-mail From: Nicholas Wourms Subject: Re: PROBLEM: fbdev & irq sharing Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2002 08:30:54 -0500 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: nwourms@netscape.net NNTP-Posting-Host: 130-127-121-177.generic.clemson.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1036330106 13536 130.127.121.177 (3 Nov 2002 13:28:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2002 13:28:26 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: KNode/0.7.2 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Michal Poplawski wrote: > > Last question follows: Is Nvidia planning to > relase drivers for kernel v2.5?? > Never. They don't support development kernels, so the next kernel they will support aside from 2.4 will be 2.6. I suggest you do as I have done: write nVidia asking them to release their drivers under the GPL and get them integrated into the kernel tree. If that doesn't suit you, you can always try to use previous patches and fix up the driver to work in 2.5. Cheers, Nicholas