Attachment 109442 Details for Bug 154805 – nvidia-guide.xml.diff

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>Index: nvidia-guide.xml
>===================================================================
>RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml,v
>retrieving revision 1.35
>diff -u -b -B -r1.35 nvidia-guide.xml
>--- nvidia-guide.xml	29 Nov 2006 15:57:52 -0000	1.35
>+++ nvidia-guide.xml	7 Feb 2007 17:58:14 -0000
>@@ -37,10 +37,18 @@
> <body>
> 
> <p>
>-nVidia release their own Linux drivers which provide good performance and full
>-3D acceleration. There are two drivers in Portage. <c>nvidia-drivers</c> is for
>-newer nVidia graphics cards, while <c>nvidia-legacy-drivers</c> supports older
>-cards.
>+The nVidia drivers in the tree are released by nVidia and are built against the
>+Linux kernel. They contain a binary blob that does the heavy lifting for talking
>+to the card. The drivers consist of two parts, a kernel module, and an X11
>+driver. Both parts are included in a single package. Due to the way nVidia has
>+been packaging their drivers, you will need to make some choices before you
>+install the drivers. Currently, there are two driver packages in the tree. The
>+first, <c>nvidia-drivers</c>, is the latest drivers from nVidia and includes
>+support for the latest cards. The second, <c>nvidia-legacy-drivers</c>, supports
>+older cards, from the original TNT through the GeForce 6800. However, this
>+driver does not support the latest features of the newer cards. You should only
>+use <c>nvidia-legacy-driver</c> if your cards is not supported in the
>+<c>nvidia-drivers</c> package.
> </p>
> 
> <note>
>@@ -57,6 +65,44 @@
> </chapter>
> 
> <chapter>
>+<title>Driver compatibility</title>
>+<section>
>+<title>nvidia-legacy-drivers</title>
>+<body>
>+
>+<p>
>+The <c>nvidia-legacy-driver</c> branch supports older nVidia cards which are no
>+longer supported in the latest driver releases. This branch is based on an older
>+code base of the nVidia drivers, and supports the latest kernels and X.Org
>+versions. You should use this driver if you have a TNT, TNT2, GeForce, or
>+GeForce 2 series card. The driver compatibility information can be found in
>+Appendix A of
>+<uri>http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-7184/README/readme.txt</uri>.
>+</p>
>+
>+</body>
>+</section>
>+<section>
>+<title>nvidia-drivers</title>
>+<body>
>+
>+<p>
>+The <c>nvidia-drivers</c> branch supports the features in newer nVidia cards.
>+The latest version of these drivers has dropped support for the NV3x based
>+cards. If you have a GeForce 3 or GeForce 4 series card, you should mask
>+<c>>=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.9700</c> in your
>+<path>/etc/portage/package.mask</path> file. This will prevent newer versions of
>+the driver which are incompatible with your card from being installed. You can
>+check for driver compatibility for your card at to determine if it is supported
>+on the newer drivers at
>+<uri>http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-9746/README/appendix-a.html</uri>.
>+</p>
>+
>+</body>
>+</section>
>+</chapter>
>+
>+<chapter>
> <title>Configuring your Card</title>
> <section>
> <title>Kernel Configuration</title>
>@@ -65,8 +111,8 @@
> <p>
> As mentioned above, the nVidia kernel driver installs and runs against your
> current kernel. It builds as a module, so it makes sense that your kernel must
>-support the loading of kernel modules. If you used <c>genkernel</c> to
>-configure the kernel for you then you're all set. If not, double check your
>+support the loading of kernel modules. If you used <c>genkernel all</c> to
>+configure the kernel for you, then you're all set. If not, double check your
> kernel configuration so that this support is enabled:
> </p>
> 
>@@ -99,6 +145,10 @@
> &lt;*&gt; /dev/agpgart (AGP Support)
> </pre> 
> 
>+<note>
>+On amd64, the IOMMU controls the agpgart setting.
>+</note>
>+
> </body>
> </section>
> <section>
>@@ -157,7 +207,7 @@
> automatically discover your kernel version based on the
> <path>/usr/src/linux</path> symlink. Please ensure that you have this symlink
> pointing to the correct sources and that your kernel is correctly configured.
>-Please refer to the Configuring the Kernel section of the <uri
>+Please refer to the &quot;Configuring the Kernel&quot; section of the <uri
> link="/doc/en/handbook/">Installation Handbook</uri> for details on configuring
> your kernel.
> </p>
>@@ -201,9 +251,9 @@
> 
> <note>
> Unfortunately, certain legacy video cards are not supported by the newer
>-versions of <c>nvidia-drivers</c>.  nVidia provides a <uri
>-link="http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_18897.html">list of supported
>-cards</uri>. Please check the list before installing the drivers.
>+versions of <c>nvidia-drivers</c>.
>+nVidia provides a <uri link="http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_18897.html">list
>+of supported cards</uri>. Please check the list before installing the drivers.
> </note>
> 
> <p>
>@@ -211,6 +261,7 @@
> </p>
> 
> <pre caption="Unsupported cards">
>+TNT
> TNT2
> TNT2 Pro
> TNT2 Ultra

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