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| 5 | <guide link="/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml"> |
5 | <guide link="/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml"> |
| 6 | <title>Gentoo Linux nVidia Guide</title> |
6 | <title>Gentoo Linux nVidia Guide</title> |
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| 29 | <license/> |
29 | <license/> |
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| 31 | <version>1.36</version> |
31 | <version>1.37</version> |
| 32 | <date>2008-03-06</date> |
32 | <date>2008-09-13</date> |
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| 34 | <chapter> |
34 | <chapter> |
| 35 | <title>Introduction</title> |
35 | <title>Introduction</title> |
| 36 | <section> |
36 | <section> |
| 37 | <body> |
37 | <body> |
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| 134 | You will need to evaluate this on your own system to get the best performance. |
134 | You will need to evaluate this on your own system to get the best performance. |
| 135 | If you are unsure what to do, use the in-kernel agpgart: |
135 | If you are unsure what to do, use the in-kernel agpgart: |
| 136 | </p> |
136 | </p> |
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| 138 | <pre caption="Enabling agpgart"> |
138 | <pre caption="Enabling agpgart"> |
| 139 | Device Drivers ---> |
139 | Device Drivers ---> |
| 140 | Character devices ---> |
140 | Graphics Support ---> |
| 141 | <*> /dev/agpgart (AGP Support) |
141 | -*- /dev/agpgart (AGP Support) ---> |
| 142 | </pre> |
142 | </pre> |
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| 144 | <note> |
144 | <note> |
| 145 | On amd64, the IOMMU controls the agpgart setting. |
145 | On amd64, the IOMMU controls the agpgart setting. |
| 146 | </note> |
146 | </note> |
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| 156 | driver provided by nVidia. If you will be compiling your kernel for these CPUs, |
156 | driver provided by nVidia. If you will be compiling your kernel for these CPUs, |
| 157 | you must completely remove support for the in-kernel driver as shown: |
157 | you must completely remove support for the in-kernel driver as shown: |
| 158 | </impo> |
158 | </impo> |
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| 160 | <pre caption="Remove the in-kernel driver"> |
160 | <pre caption="Remove the in-kernel driver"> |
| 161 | Device Drivers ---> |
161 | Device Drivers ---> |
| 162 | Graphics Support ---> |
162 | Graphics Support ---> |
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163 | <*> Support for frame buffer devices ---> |
| 163 | < > nVidia Framebuffer Support |
164 | < > nVidia Framebuffer Support |
| 164 | < > nVidia Riva support |
165 | < > nVidia Riva support |
| 165 | </pre> |
166 | </pre> |
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| 167 | <p> |
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| 168 | A framebuffer alternative is <c>VESA</c>: |
169 | A framebuffer alternative is <c>uvesafb</c>, an <uri |
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| 171 | <pre caption="Enable VESA support"> |
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| 172 | Device Drivers ---> |
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| 173 | Graphics Support ---> |
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| 174 | [*] VESA VGA graphics support |
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| 178 | Or, you may want to try <c>uvesafb</c>, an <uri |
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| 179 | link="http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/uvesafb/">advanced |
170 | link="http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/uvesafb/">advanced |
| 180 | framebuffer</uri>. Note that you can choose to compile it into your kernel, or |
171 | framebuffer</uri>. Note that you can choose to compile it into your kernel, or |
| 181 | as a module. The following example compiles uvesafb into the kernel. |
172 | as a module. The following example compiles uvesafb into the kernel. |
| 182 | </p> |
173 | </p> |
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| 184 | <pre caption="Enable uvesafb support"> |
175 | <pre caption="Enable uvesafb support"> |
| 185 | Device Drivers ---> |
176 | Device Drivers ---> |
| 186 | Graphics Support ---> |
177 | Graphics Support ---> |
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178 | <*> Support for frame buffer devices ---> |
| 187 | <*> Userspace VESA VGA graphics support |
179 | <*> Userspace VESA VGA graphics support |
| 188 | </pre> |
180 | </pre> |
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183 | <p> |
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184 | Or you can try <c>VESA</c>: |
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185 | </p> |
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187 | <pre caption="Enable VESA support"> |
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188 | Device Drivers ---> |
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189 | Graphics Support ---> |
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190 | <*> Support for frame buffer devices ---> |
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191 | [*] VESA VGA graphics support |
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192 | </pre> |
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| 190 | <p> |
195 | <p> |
| 191 | For more information, you can look up the documentation for your chosen |
196 | For more information, you can look up the documentation for your chosen |
| 192 | framebuffer in <path>/usr/src/linux/Documentation/fb/</path>. |
197 | framebuffer in <path>/usr/src/linux/Documentation/fb/</path>. |
| 193 | </p> |
198 | </p> |
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