Nvidia using 32 bits install

[Roland Smith]

On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 02:32:32PM +0000, Sébastien Morand wrote:
> >  Better yet, ask them to release the documentation for
> >  their chips (graphics and chipsets) like AMD/ATI is doing.
> 
> I read there was some features missing in the kernel? Maybe it's for a
> close source binary driver?

Yes. They want some extra functions in the amd64 kernel.

The question is; do you want a binary-only nvidia driver in your kernel?
Nvidia doesn't really have a very good reputation for writing high
quality drivers.

I prefer open source drivers because it's easier to get them fixed if
necessary.

Roland
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