Kernel Stack Sizes

[Erik Espinoza]

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


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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