[elrepo] kmod-fglrx

Manuel Wolfshant wolfy at nobugconsulting.ro
Thu Mar 27 14:51:07 EDT 2014


On 27 martie 2014 20:47:41 EET, Stephen Isard <7p03xyr02 at sneakemail.com> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I have a naive, "this looks too good to be true" question.
>
>I have been using the proprietary amd-catalyst X driver from the amd 
>website, meaning that whenever I upgrade the kernel, I have to run
>their 
>uninstaller and installer again.
>
>The elrepo kmod-fglrx tiki page has the wording "It is built to depend 
>upon the specific ABI provided by a range of releases of the same 
>variant of the Linux kernel and not on any one specific build", which 
>seems to suggest that if I used kmod-fglrx and the elrepo fglrx-x11-drv
>
>rpm, I wouldn't have to uninstall/reinstall for kernel upgrades (at 
>least within, say, RHEL/Centos/SL 6.x).  Is that right?  I'd be very 
>pleased if it were.
>
yes, it is true

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