Re: NVIDIA kernel module

Stefan Smietanowski (stesmi@stesmi.com)
Thu, 06 Dec 2001 16:10:22 +0100


Erik Elmore wrote:

> Have I lost my mind?
>
> I've always thought that NVIDIA's linux kernel support was incredibly
> closed source, but I swear I just saw a download link for the kernel
> module sources at http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?PAGE=linux
>
> was I mistaken or is this something new?

You're mistaken.

NVidia releases a binary module with open-source glue-code. You can
recompile the glue but not the binary part. Same as always

// Stefan

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