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Re: [News] Forbes Covers Desktop Linux

  • Subject: Re: [News] Forbes Covers Desktop Linux
  • From: JEDIDIAH <jedi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 09:20:39 -0500
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Superfeed.net
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On 2006-09-06, Hadron Quark <qadronhuark@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> In message <87hczlcsjq.fsf@xxxxxxxx>, Hadron Quark wrote:
>>
>>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>> 
>>>> In message <zVsLg.33513$sS1.30988@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Scott Nudds wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>>>>> I have done kernel recompiles, but not to install a video driver.
>>>>>> Installing the driver only required compiling the driver.
>>>>> 
>>>>> ya, that would be nice, but apparently they can't figure out how to do
>>>>> it.
>>>>
>>>> Who's this "they" you're talking about? I certainly could figure it out,
>>>> just by following the instructions.
>>> 
>>> Installing a new "from source"  video driver takes a *LOT* more than just
>>> compiling it.
>>
>> Complete instructions for building and installing a "hello world" kernel
>> module from source:
>> <http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/build-linux-kernel-module-against-installed-kernel-source-tree.html>.
>> Note that the Makefile only has 5 lines in it. Then you type 1 command to
>> build the module, and 1 more command to load it.
>>
>> That's all.
>
> I know what a hello world kernel module is. It most certainly is not a
> video driver.

[deletia]

	Look you trolling MORON. You don't build kernel modules to 
	support a basic video driver. Unless you're installing 
	something with accelerated 3D support, the kernel has 
	nothing to do with the process.
	
	Even then, the Nvidia and ATI installers quite adequately
	demonstrate that you do not infact need to do anything 
	more than run a makefile to build and install kernel 
	modules (even DRI kernel modules).

	The conventional notion of a win32 video device driver doesn't
	apply on Linux and never has really.

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