Is RPMfusion on strike?

Matthew Saltzman mjs at clemson.edu
Sun Aug 23 13:11:50 UTC 2009


On Sun, 2009-08-23 at 02:18 -0700, Mike Cloaked wrote:
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> 
> Matthew Saltzman-2 wrote:
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> > You should be good to go at that point, at least until the kernel
> > version number changes from 2.6.29 to 2.6.30.
> > 
> > 
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> What is the significance of 2.6.30 in this regard?  Are you implying that
> the akmod-nvidia and/or kmod-nvidia won't work with 2.6.30?

Might or might not without an update from nVidia or a patch from
RPMfusion.

Linux kernel APIs and BPIs are not guaranteed to be stable across
versions, and proprietary developers often need to race to release
compatible updates when new kernel versions come out.  nVidia and VMware
are commonly used packages that are frequently affected.  Kernel
developers don't have much sympathy for proprietary developers (to put
it kindly), so breakage is not uncommon.

-- 
                Matthew Saltzman

Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs




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