[Lunar-commits] r26853 - in moonbase/trunk/x11: NVIDIA NVIDIA-beta

[Chad 'v3rt1g0' Kittel]

It was also my understanding that NVIDIA-beta is for Nvidia's official
beta releases.  I don't think that rule should change.  When there is
no -beta out there from NVIDIA it will already then be at the same
version as the non -beta one.  I personally use the -beta one for this
reason.  Lets keep the betas (and experimental BUILD changes) in -beta
and the stables in the non -beta.  Thanks!

On Nov 20, 2007 3:25 PM, samuel <samuel.verstraete at gmail.com> wrote:
> i (if i recall correctly) have originally started the NVIDIA-beta
> module and i have meant to be the place to contain the beta releases
> of NVIDIA (that started at that time), that you changed it to test
> your new build script i ok for me... but the module NVIDIA is supposed
> to contain the last stable.. so indeed it should actually be
> 100.14.19, feel free to revert to that version.
> And though i understand the new *beta* release contains exciting new
> features, i'm *DEPENDING* for my job on the NVIDIA module so i would
> like you to keep it at a version that is officially stable. I don't
> feel like testing every excrement of nvidia.com ;)
> cheers, S.
>
>
> On Nov 20, 2007 9:11 PM, Zbigniew Luszpinski <zbiggy at o2.pl> wrote:
> > Tuesday 20 of November 2007 07:44:54 samuel wrote:
> > > I thought NVIDIA-beta was for beta's.....
> >
> > That's right. But for beta in other meaning: build script is beta.
> > The NVIDIA module uses binary installer blob and NVIDIA-beta uses our own,
> > open source installer written by me (no binary blob at all :) ). This build
> > script is beta because I did not tested it with xorg6 or other less popular
> > environments (64bit). After testing it can be merged to NVIDIA and then
> > NVIDIA-beta might be deleted.
> > Thanks to our own open source installer an user is not forced to exit X when
> > NVIDIA is lined (as it happens with binary blob).
> >
> > Now driver update:
> > There is no difference between beta and production version of Nvidia driver
> > from technical point of view (both kinds of release is the same level buggy
> > or not). When something cool appears which makes users say wow! the beta is
> > released to speed up release (official releases must wait for VIP decision,
> > long testing, betas not). In this case there are few important features:
> >     * Added support for GeForce 8800 GT.
> >     * Improved modesetting support on Quadro/GeForce 8 series GPUs.
> >     * Fixed stability problems with some GeForce 8 series GPUs.
> >     * Fixed stability problems with some GeForce 6200/7200/7300 GPUs
> > multi-core/SMP systems.
> >     * Improved hotkey switching support for some Lenovo notebooks.
> >     * Fixed a problem with Compiz after VT-switching.
> >     * Improved RENDER performance.
> >     * Improved interaction with Barco and Chi Mei 56" DFPs, as well as with
> > some Gateway 19" DFPs.
> >     * Added an interface to monitor PowerMizer state information.
> >     * Fixed rendering corruption in Maya's Graph Editor.
> >     * Improved interaction between SLI AFR and swap groups on certain Quadro
> > FX GPUs.
> >     * Fixed a bug that caused corruption with redirected XV on GPUs without
> > TurboCache support.
> >     * Improved display device detection on GeForce 8 series GPUs.
> >     * Improved usability of NVIDIA-settings at lower resolutions like 1024x768
> > and 800x600.
> >     * Improved GLX visual consolidation when using Xinerama with
> > Quadro/GeForce 8 series and older GPUs.
> >     * Added experimental support for running the X server at Depth 30 (10 bits
> > per component) on Quadro G8x and later GPUs.
> >     * Worked around a Linux kernel/toolchain bug that caused soft lockup
> > errors when suspending on some Intel systems.
> >
> > Due to massive improvements and support for new hardware I decided to bump
> > both modules. As I said this beta is rock solid (tested since 4 days:
> > 2D,3D,XRender,Xv,XvMC) so risk is very low and support for the most new GPUs
> > might be important to some users (not mentioning improved desktop comfort
> > thanks to real XRender accel).
> >
> > BTW: 100.14.23 version is also unofficial beta. If you want to have official
> > release you have to revert to 100.14.19. Check nvidia.com site :-)
> >
> > I hope this clears the confusion about beta difference.
> > zbiggy
> >
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