how to NOT upgrade to nvidia 7129?

[Daniel Stone]

On Fri, Apr 01, 2005 at 10:23:19AM +0100, R Kimber wrote:
> Can one hold this despite kernel updates?  I've noticed that there are
> kernel updates that don't seem to be accompanied by restricted module
> updates.  Yet I always thought that a module like this needs to be
> specific to a given kernel version.  I've never really understood this.

There are two sorts of kernel updates: ones which just fix small bugs
and change the version, and ones which change the kernel's ABI (binary
interface), via adding or removing members from structures, functions,
etc.  When the ABI changes, all modules must be rebuilt.  So it's only
upon ABI changes that linux-restricted-modules has to be updated.
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