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[Albert Vilella <avilella@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, vga_switcheroo is nouveau-specific code. At the moment, we can
only sit and wait for the closed-source nvidia binary drivers to
include linux switchable graphics in the future.

On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 6:37 AM, Peter Fern <sonylinux@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 03/03/10 17:04, Albert Vilella wrote:
>> David Airlie's patch v13 of the vga_switcheroo code now contains
>> nvidia switchable
>> graphics functionality. This code has just landed on linux-next this week.
>>
>
> Excuse my ignorance - this is Noveau-specific where nvidia is concerned,
> correct?  Is there some further discussion on the background of this
> patch somewhere that I've missed?  I assume a firmware blob is required
> for nvidia too, since the BIOS can't be read in a hot switch scenario
> (memory location is invalid)?
>
> Cheers,
> Pete
>
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