Re: 2.4.13-pre6 breaks Nvidia's kernel module

Rik van Riel (riel@conectiva.com.br)
Tue, 23 Oct 2001 09:36:04 -0200 (BRST)


On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, Cort Dougan wrote:

> If the binary only module in question sticks with the "published
> interface" (as is required) isn't it a problem in Linux then?

1) there is no published interface, except in source code
2) we have no idea which parts of the code the nvidia
driver "sticks with", since it's binary-only

Rik

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