hello, On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 09:51:33AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Hello, kernel folks. > > We (the NVIDIA packaging team) noticed a commit from the latest Debian > kernel packaging that said: > > Refresh ABI reference files > > Remove files for OpenVZ and Xen featuresets, where we are not > trying to keep the module ABI stable. > > (r16351) and weren't entirely sure what that meant.
it be cool if you worked on enhancing nouveau, instead of wasting time on such dubious code. > We maintain module builds for the NVIDIA kernel drivers (which are > non-free) using a build package that builds versions for the current > kernel, primarily for stable releases. Currently, we're building modules > for Xen and OpenVZ kernels as well as the regular kernels. > > Does this change mean that the module builds for Xen and OpenVZ kernels > may not continue working with later versions of those kernels because the > ABI might not be stable? Or is this a more limited change that means > something more restrictive than that and isn't something we need to worry > about? indeed makes no sense to built against. openvz patch changes it's interfaces randomly, so no point in trying to keep it's abi stable. > I ask primarily because we want to be sure it makes sense to release > pre-built modules for Xen and OpenVZ kernels with squeeze. > > Thanks! everybody out there cares about nouveau. currently in squeeze it will be a better nv, but this is the spot were testers and users are needed. happy sunday evening -- maks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101010170442.gh5...@vostochny.stro.at
