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[Peter Fern <sonylinux@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 03/03/10 17:42, Albert Vilella wrote:
> 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.
>   

Can you provide some more information regarding the current status, as
per my questions below?  Or is there somewhere better for me to ask?

> On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 6:37 AM, Peter Fern <sonylinux@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>   
>> 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