almost every kernel upgrade I have to disable the nvidia driver (proprietary)

[Fabio Massimo Di Nitto]

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Kristof Vansant wrote:
|>only solution 1) is valid when there is a planned ABI change. Recently
|>the ABI broke and we did not expect it, tought.
|>
|>The real and only solution would be to convince nvidia to release their
|>code and make it GPL, or to release the specification for their hardware
|>so that developers could actually work on a driver.
|
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| But since this is not the case we should do a workaround :)

It is already a work in progress for -28.

|
| That's what I like about open software. I can change things or whine
| about it :p.

It would be much better to spend all this energy to rant to get the code
of proprietary drivers :P

| While with closed software you look for a workaround and
| that's it :)

or avoid it ;)

Fabio

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