NVIDIA driver *taints* kernel???

[Guy Fraser]

On Tue, 2005-18-01 at 21:37 -0500, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> Michael Cobb writes:
> 
> > Steven,
> > 
> > I have the same problem on a Opteron based FC-2 box with an Nvidia FX-500
> > card. I set runlevel 3, execute startx, and look at a blank screen. I have
> > been working on this problem for 2 weeks. So far no love from fedora!
> 
> Good luck getting NVidia working on an Opteron.  Their closed source driver 
> is 32-bit only.  It won't be easy to shoehorn it into a 64bit kernel.  Even 
> if it's possible at all.
> 
> There are many graphics cards with reliable, open source, native x.org 
> drivers.  I suggest that you pick one, and support the vendors that support 
> open source.
> 
Again you are so wrong.

Go to :

http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux.html

As you can see, these are the supported platforms :

Graphics Drivers 
        Linux IA32
        Latest Version: 1.0-6629
        Archive 
        
        Linux IA64
        Latest Version: 1.0-5336
        Archive 
        
        Linux AMD64
        Latest Version: 1.0-6629
        Archive 
        
        FreeBSD
        Latest Version: 1.0-6113
        
nForce Drivers 
        Linux IA32 Drivers
        Latest Version: 1.0-0292
        
        Linux AMD64 Drivers
        Latest Version: 1.0-0292


Go peddle you idiocy somewhere else moron.