Still no kmod for new nvidia

[David]

On 7/30/2010 10:24 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-07-30 at 09:39 -0400, David wrote:
>> I would think that qualifies as a driver problem.  :-)
> 
> I agree.
> 
>> But not a Windows driver problem. Why not? It is a HP problem. Their
>> hardware and their driver(s). Windows had nothing to do with any of
>> this. Microsoft gave plenty of time for hardware makers to produce new
>> drivers for Vista. The hardware makers did not do it for older
>> hardware.
>> Why? Because they wanted you to buy new hardware. Microsoft, Vista,
>> took
>> the heat for them not providing the drivers.
> 
> Which is what I said. Note that you didn't ask about "problems caused by
> MS" but about "Windows Driver Hell".
> 
>> Which is the whole point here. Fedora and Nvidia for example. The
>> Nvidia
>> driver(s) is/are supplied by Nvidia. Fedora does not, nor can they,
>> provide these. Fedora provides a FOSS driver for this purpose. This
>> 'Nvidia thing' is not Fedora's problem. Nor is it RPMfusion's problem.
>> RPMfusion very nicely provides a module. But they don't have to do
>> that.
> 
> To be clear: I'm not arguing with this position, which is perfectly
> logical and which I agree with. I was merely responding to your request
> for concrete examples of driver problems in Windows.


Sure. Sorry. I understand. But I guess you caught the heat.  :-)

So that's one example which you 'documented' well. My complaint(s) are
with the vague claims that some make but then never show any proof.
Which I am seeing more and more of these days.
-- 


  David

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