Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 28 Nov 2000 20:40:59 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 28 Nov 2000 20:40:49 -0500 Received: from jalon.able.es ([212.97.163.2]:53648 "EHLO jalon.able.es") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 28 Nov 2000 20:40:36 -0500 Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 02:10:25 +0100 From: "J . A . Magallon" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: XFree 4.0.1/NVIDIA 0.9-5/2.4.0-testX/11 woes [solved] Message-ID: <20001129021025.A768@werewolf.able.es> Reply-To: jamagallon@able.es In-Reply-To:

Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT In-Reply-To: ; from goemon@anime.net on Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 01:39:56 +0100 X-Mailer: Balsa 1.0.0 Lines: 19 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 29 Nov 2000 01:39:56 Dan Hollis wrote: > > Dont forget the nvidia driver is completely SMP broken. As in, trash your > filesystems broken. > Not so broken. I use it under SMP 2.2.18-pre23 and works fine. But under 2.4 hangs. So I think it is something that changed between 2.2 and 2.4 (locking granularity???). And just hangs your box, does not corrupt anything. It is a pitty that any piece of copylefted code prevents nVivia of giving all of the drivers in source form. -- Juan Antonio Magallon Lacarta #> cd /pub mailto:jamagallon@able.es #> more beer Linux 2.2.18-pre23-vm #3 SMP Wed Nov 22 22:33:53 CET 2000 i686 unknown - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/