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List:       gentoo-user
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Upgrading from 5.14 to 6.0 version
From:       Mark Knecht <markknecht () gmail ! com>
Date:       2022-11-21 19:42:37
Message-ID: CAK2H+ecXDO7Jfh=j+seZU07SJ=1G=xOQ78E4btT58ozs3YWCXA () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 10:50 AM Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> On 2022-11-21, Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I don't personally remember NVidia ever dropping a card totally
> > but I did get confused for awhile when they started segmenting their
> > drivers by different families and it was up to me to figure out which
> > driver package handled my card.
>
> IIRC, towards the end, that card was still supported by the "legacy"
> driver, but that required a kernel so old that other things I used
> everyday wouldn't work.
>

Ah, bummer. I guess I probably bought new cards once in a while
and never ran into that problem.

I think there's a bunch of 32-bit users in the same boat... ;-)

Thanks for the clarification.

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<div dir="ltr"><br><br>On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 10:50 AM Grant Edwards &lt;<a \
href="mailto:grant.b.edwards@gmail.com">grant.b.edwards@gmail.com</a>&gt; \
wrote:<br>&gt;<br>&gt; On 2022-11-21, Mark Knecht &lt;<a \
href="mailto:markknecht@gmail.com">markknecht@gmail.com</a>&gt; \
wrote:<br>&gt;<br>&gt; &gt; I don&#39;t personally remember NVidia ever dropping a \
card totally<br>&gt; &gt; but I did get confused for awhile when they started \
segmenting their<br>&gt; &gt; drivers by different families and it was up to me to \
figure out which<br>&gt; &gt; driver package handled my card.<br>&gt;<br>&gt; IIRC, \
towards the end, that card was still supported by the &quot;legacy&quot;<br>&gt; \
driver, but that required a kernel so old that other things I used<br>&gt; everyday \
wouldn&#39;t work.<br>&gt;<br><br><div>Ah, bummer. I guess I probably bought new \
cards once in a while  </div><div>and never ran into that problem.  \
</div><div><br></div><div>I think there&#39;s a bunch of 32-bit users in the same \
boat... ;-)</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for the clarification.</div></div>



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