nVIDIA: nuovi driver per Linux

nVIDIA ha aggiornato nei giorni scorsi i driver ForceWare ed nForce per Linux:

Driver ForceWare

- Linux IA32

- Linux AMD64

Release Highlights

• Support for GeForce 6200 with TurboCacheâÂ?¢ GPUs
• Improved OpenGL workstation performance.
• Added support for XRandR rotation; see Appendix W in the text README.
• Added ExactModeTimingsDVI X config option to give explicit control over the mode timings used on Flat Panels.
• Added Xorg dlloader support.
• Changed driver behavior such that PAT (Page Attribute Table) is used where possible instead of MTRRs.
• Added a workaround for an X server bug with PCI-E GeForce 6800 and GeForce 6600; a fix has been provided to XFree86 and XOrg.
• Fixed stability problems on x86_64 PCI-E systems.
• Fixed 2D rendering corruption on certain older GPUs.
• Improved compatibility with Linux 2.6 kernels.
• Fixed compatibility problems with some SWIOTLB em64t systems.
• Fixed a bug that triggered error messages of the form: "ioctl32(doom.x86:6747): Unknown cmd fd(16) cmd(c0384642){00} arg(ffffc75c) on /dev/nvidiactl"
• Fixed NvAGP incompatibility with recent Linux 2.6 kernels.
• Improved interaction with the udev filesystem.
• Improved performance of PCI cards on Linux 2.6 systems.
• Updated documentation. Please see the text README file.

Driver nForce

- Linux IA32 Drivers

- Linux AMD64 Drivers

Release Highlights for 1.0-0301:

• Added support for 2.6.10 and 2.6.11 kernels.
• Added support for restore of nvmixer settings over reboots.
• Fixed nvsound compatibility issues with various applications.
• Fixed WOL support in nvnet.
• Fixed some nvnet performance issues.