[oi-dev] nVidia GPU Driver Update for Upcoming Release??

[Shawn Thompson]

How hard would it be to make Nouveau work under OI?

On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 10:52 AM, Ken Gunderson <kgunders at teamcool.net>wrote:

> On Sun, 2011-05-22 at 13:34 +0100, Alasdair Lumsden wrote:
> > Hi Ken & Ken,
> >
> > With each release we've shipped the latest nVidia driver available from
> their website, and we're hoping to do the same with oi_151.
> >
> > Regarding the license terms, initially the license stated binary
> redistribution was for Linux. But after I left a voicemail with NVidia's
> corporate headquarters, one part of the license was updated to include
> OpenSolaris:
> >
> > http://www.nvidia.com/object/nv_swlicense.html
> >
> > "Linux/FreeBSD/OpenSolaris Exception. Notwithstanding the foregoing terms
> of Section 2.1.1, SOFTWARE designed exclusively for use on the Linux or
> FreeBSD operating systems, or other operating systems derived from the
> source code to these operating systems, may be copied and redistributed,
> provided that the binary files thereof are not modified in any way (except
> for unzipping of compressed files)."
> >
> > The update was "half-arsed", because it states "Linux/FreeBSD/OpenSolaris
> Exception", then later in the paragraph states "Linux or FreeBSD" but not
> OpenSolaris. But we're interpreting this liberally.
> >
> > They never responded to my voicemail directly, but I'd like to think the
> timing of the change suggests they actually listened.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Alasdair
>
> Excellent :)
>
> Speaking of 151, I've been testing 148b as daily driver on the
> workstation front.  I've filed a couple bug reports on Redmine, but left
> target version blank since I wasn't sure about the bug handling
> workflow.  Should I be setting target at 151 or would that fall under
> auspices of triage person?
>
>
> --
> Ken Gunderson <kgunders at teamcool.net>
>
>
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