[Bug 37056] Re: [Bug 37056] Re: There should be several nVIDIA driver packages

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There's a problem when you have a "newer" card that:
1 - Has a bug with the latest drivers
2 - Doesn't work with the legacy drivers (that are like... some years
old, I guess).

Also, you'r making it harder to upgrade just a driver from the
restricted modules.
What if you have an issue with the latest X restricted kernel module
and only the latest Y restricted kernel module works with your HW?

On 4/21/06, Sitsofe Wheeler <sitsofe at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I guess I am approaching things from a more "blunt" angle. Everyone
> needs to use the latest drivers possible (so legacy cards need one set
> and every other card can use one set) to avoid precisely this situation.
> Old drivers simply aren't going to have all the possible fixes and some
> of those fixes could be security ones... If newer drivers break when
> they shouldn't then NVIDIA need to be informed by whoever sees the
> breakage so they can fix it next time round. Multiple versions of the
> "same" driver is going to be packaging and user nightmare...
>
> --
> There should be several nVIDIA driver packages
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/37056
>

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There should be several nVIDIA driver packages
https://launchpad.net/bugs/37056