To: Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Announce: Linux-next (Or Andrew's dream :-))
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On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:32:02 EST, Gene Heskett said:

> Nvidia vs 2.6.25-rc1 being a case in point, and they (nvidia) are appearing to 
> indicate its not a problem until some distro actually ships a kernel with the
> changes that broke it.  That could be months or even a year plus.

Actually following the NVidia forums indicates otherwise:

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=107144

I expect Zander will be posting a patch rather soonish, for some value of
soonish.  And if you're running a -rc or -mm kernel, patching the 169.09
drivers should be well within your abilities....

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