Re: [rivatv-devel] nvidia driver + SMP problem: want to help!

[Dirk T. <dth...@gm...>]

On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 08:33:00PM +0100, Mikael Djurfeldt wrote:

> I have an old TNT2 Ultra card.  Since I need to use the S-VIDEO
> output, I have to use the nvidia driver.  (Please tell me if this is
> wrong and it actually *is* possible to use the nv driver to drive the
> TV output.)

It is possible. Try 'nvtv', also available on Sourceforge. It should
work for most TNT2 cards, unless you have a real unusual one.

> Alas, I also need to use SMP on my dual-processor AMD-K7 machine.
> 
> I have some experience of programming with threads and wonder if there
> is anything I could do to help develop this aspect of rivatv?  

You mean single/dual-processor stuff? I cannot help you here; maybe
one of the kernel experts can. If you have to ask, you probably
cannot help a lot :-)

> That is, how could I change the rivatv driver so as to cooperate
> with the nvidia driver without crashing?  (For personal use I would
> also be interested in mere kludges.)

The newer nvidia drivers have problems with rivatv. Try an older
version (before 5000, IIRC). 

- Dirk