[elrepo] NVIDIA + SL6.3/Xorg issue; was: Re: NVIDIA and RHEL 6.5 issue

[Dirk Hoffmann]

Hello Phil,

> Unfortunately, even if we had the knowledge, hacking the existing nvidia
> driver would not be possible as the license does not permit the code to
> be modified. Any changes MUST come from nvidia themselves.

I had read that before, but my understanding is that NVIDIA distribute their 
proprietary software as binaries anyway, then provide a wrapper as source 
code, which can be compiled with various kernels. This wrapper code, again 
AFAIU, should be modifiable and redistributable. And if you can (are allowed) 
to distribute the drivers presently, also the packaging of the patch should 
be possible. I understand that you had to do such operation anyway for each 
significantly new kernel since 2.3.

Cheers
 									Dirk