Re: woody/sarge on Barton MoBo? kt600 and/or which nvidia

From: Kent West (westk_at_acu.edu)
Date: 11/06/03

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    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.
    >

    So I can go back to despising nvidia? Cool. ;-) 

    -- 
Kent
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