Kernel Stack Sizes

[Steve Brenneis]

On Wed, 2004-06-16 at 21:51, Erik Espinoza wrote:
> Linus has taken the stance that binary drivers are NOT the priority in
> the development of the Linux kernel. I believe Fedora feels the same
> way and although ndiswrapper is not a binary driver in itself, the
> ndis drivers it loads from Windows are. The same goes for nVidia, who
> has put out a really quality driver, but hasn't updated it for FC2.
> 
> In addition Linuxant puts out a kernel that works fine with
> ndiswrapper and nVidia available for download for free at:
> www.linuxant.com/driverloader/wlan/full/downloads-fc2-kernel-i686.php
> 
> Moral of the story, when nVidia decided to release a binary driver it
> came with the understanding that they would make updates since we
> don't have the source in order to be able to ourselves. We can't let a
> few companies dictate how we move forward, especially when we are
> buying customers. With that said, apply pressure. Inquire with nVidia.
> Ask for a timeline as an nVidia customer. Let your voice be heard to
> the people who can do something about it, or download the linuxant
> kernels and get up and going today.
> 
> Erik
> 

I have downloaded the linuxant kernels and installed them. The nVidia
drivers and ndiswrapper work after a fashion. However, I just discovered
that the sound drivers in FC2 no longer work as well. As much as I would
like to reap the benefits of the 2.6 kernel, heigh-ho heigh-ho it's back
to FC1 I go. Or maybe I'll try Mandrake.

Thanks for your time.

> 
> On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 21:35:52 -0400, Steve Brenneis <sbrenneis at surry.net> wrote:
> > 
> > On Wed, 2004-06-16 at 19:37, Rui Miguel Seabra wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2004-06-16 at 19:03 -0400, Steve Brenneis wrote:
> > > > I searched the archives of the list for discussion on this topic and
> > > > couldn't find anything. Can anyone tell me why the Fedora 2.6 kernels
> > > > are configured for 4K stacks? This breaks a wide variety of device
> > > > drivers including the bundled firewire driver, linuxant Broadcom driver
> > > > loader, and the nVidia graphics driver.
> > >
> > > It's been discussed at length. Basically, if the drivers were Free
> > > Software, they would likely have been customized to work with a 4K stack
> > > long ago.
> > >
> > > Apparently, much sooner than NVIDIA plans to support us.
> > >
> > > > Is there a plan to correct this? Should I file a bug?
> > >
> > > File a bug with NVIDIA (if they even allow you to) :).
> > >
> > > Rui
> > 
> > That would be fine if nVidia was the only problem. However, as I said
> > above, the firewire driver that comes bundled with FC2 does not work
> > with this kernel nor do the ndiswrapper or linuxant driverloader
> > packages for the Broadcom wireless drivers.
> > 
> > I understand the desire for efficiency, but efficiency doesn't do users
> > much good if their devices don't work.
> > 
> > OT - I searched the fedora-devel-list archives using "stack" and got a
> > total of three hits, none of which was on this topic. Apparently the
> > search engine leaves something to be desired.
> > >
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