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    SubjectRe: oproblem with nvidia driver
    On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, Guido Volpi wrote:

    > it's all right: nvidia modules depend only by nvidia, but i don't understand
    > why a module that is perfect (or so) with 2.4.17 in 2.4.18-rc4 is no more
    > usabily.
    >

    Because the internal structure of the kernel changed. The kernel
    developers are always changing the INTERNAL kernel stuff, hopefully
    to improve performance. The only promise between kernel versions
    is that the EXTERNAL stuff won't change, i.e., the API. But, even
    this sometimes changes, things like the stuff in /proc.

    So, if you are going to install a different kernel major version
    number, you are going to need compatible third-party drivers and
    sometimes, even new tools to compile the kernel.

    Cheers,
    Dick Johnson

    Penguin : Linux version 2.4.1 on an i686 machine (797.90 BogoMips).

    111,111,111 * 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

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