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>--- nvidia-guide.xml?passthru=1	2006-08-28 12:25:30.000000000 +0200
>+++ nvidia-guide.xml	2006-08-28 12:24:45.000000000 +0200
>@@ -11,12 +11,16 @@
> <author title="Editor">
>   <mail link="curtis119@gentoo.org">M Curtis Napier</mail>
> </author>
> <author title="Editor">
>   <mail link="nightmorph@gentoo.org">Joshua Saddler</mail>
> </author>
>+<author title="Editor">
>+  <mail link="diox@swords.be">Dimitry Bradt</mail>
>+</author>
>+
> 
> <abstract>
> Many Gentooists have an nVidia chipset on their system. nVidia provides specific
> Linux drivers to boost the performance of your card. This guide informs you how
> to install and configure these drivers.
> </abstract>
>@@ -32,27 +36,14 @@
> <title>Introduction</title>
> <section>
> <body>
> 
> <p>
> nVidia release their own Linux drivers which provide good performance and full
>-3D acceleration. The driver releases are split up into two parts:
>-<c>nvidia-kernel</c> and <c>nvidia-glx</c>.
>-</p>
>-
>-<p>
>-<c>nvidia-kernel</c> is a kernel driver which handles the low-level
>-communication with your video hardware. This is simply a kernel module, named
>-<c>nvidia</c>, which installs against your kernel sources and needs to be loaded
>-whenever you want to use the nvidia drivers.
>-</p>
>-
>-<p>
>-As well as the kernel driver, you need to install the X11 GLX layer
>-(<c>nvidia-glx</c>). This is used by X to render graphics, which internally
>-uses the <c>nvidia-kernel</c> kernel driver to interface with the hardware.
>+3D acceleration. <c>nvidia-kernel</c> and <c>nvidia-glx</c> have recently been
>+merged to match the needs of <c>xorg-server</c>.
> </p>
> 
> </body>
> </section>
> </chapter>
> 
>@@ -60,17 +51,17 @@
> <title>Configuring your Card</title>
> <section>
> <title>Kernel Configuration</title>
> <body>
> 
> <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 kernel
>-configuration so that this support is enabled:
>+The nVidia 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 kernel configuration so that this
>+support is enabled:
> </p>
> 
> <pre caption="Enabling the Loading of Kernel Modules">
> Loadable module support ---&gt;
>   [*] Enable loadable module support
> </pre>
>@@ -145,15 +136,15 @@
> </section>
> <section>
> <title>Continuing with Kernel Configuration</title>
> <body>
> 
> <p>
>-nVidia's modules and libraries are combined in two packages: <c>nvidia-glx</c>
>-and <c>nvidia-kernel</c>. The former are the X11 GLX libraries while the latter
>-are the kernel modules.
>+nVidia's modules and libraries are now combined in one packages:
>+<c>nvidia-drivers</c>. It contains the X11 GLX libraries while and the kernel
>+modules.
> </p>
> 
> <p>
> The nvidia-kernel ebuild auto discovers 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.
>@@ -198,13 +189,13 @@
> <section>
> <title>Optional: Check for Legacy Card Support</title>
> <body>
> 
> <note>
> Unfortunately, certain legacy video cards are not supported by the newer
>-versions of <c>nvidia-glx</c> and <c>nvidia-kernel</c>. nVidia provides a <uri
>+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>
> The following is a list of <b>unsupported</b> legacy video cards:
>@@ -227,44 +218,30 @@
> GeForce2 MX Integrated graphics
> Quadro
> Quadro2 Pro
> Quadro2 EX
> </pre>
> 
>-<p>
>-If you own one of these cards, you will have to mask the newer versions of the
>-nVidia drivers, and install an older version:
>-</p>
>-
>-<pre caption="Masking newer drivers">
>-# <i>echo "&gt;media-video/nvidia-kernel-1.0.6629-r5" &gt;&gt; /etc/portage/package.mask</i>
>-# <i>echo "&gt;media-video/nvidia-glx-1.0.6629-r7" &gt;&gt; /etc/portage/package.mask</i>
>-</pre>
>-
> </body>
> </section>
> <section>
> <title>Installing the Appropriate Drivers</title>
> <body>
> 
> <p>
>-Now it's time to install <c>nvidia-kernel</c> and <c>nvidia-glx</c>. Since
>-<c>nvidia-glx</c> depends on <c>nvidia-kernel</c>, installing <c>nvidia-glx</c>
>-is sufficient.
>+Now it's time to install <c>nvidia-drivers</c>.
> </p>
> 
> <pre caption="Installing the nVidia modules">
>-# <i>emerge nvidia-glx</i>
>+# <i>emerge nvidia-drivers</i>
> </pre>
> 
> <impo>
> Every time you <uri link="/doc/en/kernel-upgrade.xml">compile a new
> kernel</uri> or recompile the current one, you have to run <c>emerge
>-nvidia-kernel</c> to reinstall the nVidia modules. <c>nvidia-glx</c> is
>-unaffected by a kernel change and doesn't even need to be rebuilt when you
>-recompile/upgrade X.
>+nvidia-drivers</c> to reinstall the nVidia modules. 
> </impo>
> 
> <p>
> Once the installation has finished, run <c>modprobe nvidia</c> to load the
> kernel module into memory.
> </p>
>@@ -523,19 +500,18 @@
> 
> <p>
> This will preserve your <path>/dev/nvidia*</path> nodes even if you reboot.
> </p>
> 
> <note>
>-Alternatively, you might try emerging the latest <c>nvidia-kernel</c> and
>-<c>nvidia-glx</c> from the 8xxx series. At the time of this writing, both are
>-still marked ~arch. These drivers no longer rely on hotplug or udev to create
>-the proper device nodes, so you won't need to run <c>NVmakedevices.sh</c>.
>-Instead, the X driver itself will create your <path>/dev/nvidia*</path> files
>-when you start X. However, this will require you to use a recent kernel (2.6.14
>-and greater).
>+Alternatively, you might try emerging the latest <c>nvidia-drivers</c> from the
>+8xxx series. At the time of this writing, both are still marked ~arch. These
>+drivers no longer rely on hotplug or udev to create the proper device nodes, so
>+you won't need to run <c>NVmakedevices.sh</c>. Instead, the X driver itself
>+will create your <path>/dev/nvidia*</path> files when you start X. However,
>+this will require you to use a recent kernel (2.6.14 and greater).
> </note>
> 
> </body>
> </section>
> </chapter>
> 
>@@ -549,13 +525,13 @@
> The nVidia driver package also comes with comprehensive documentation. This is
> installed into <c>/usr/share/doc</c> and can be viewed with the following
> command:
> </p>
> 
> <pre caption="Viewing the NVIDIA documentation">
>-# <i>less /usr/share/doc/nvidia-glx-*/README.txt.gz</i>
>+# <i>less /usr/share/doc/nvidia-drivers-*/README.txt.gz</i>
> </pre>
> 
> </body>
> </section>
> <section>
> <title>Kernel module parameters</title>

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