[PlanetCCRMA] Nouveau working on F-16

[Fernando Lopez-Lezcano]

On 02/15/2012 10:17 AM, Juan Reyes wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> So far Nouveau driver has been working on F-16 stock Kernel and also
> with Rt Kernels (cross my fingers).
>
> I have tested GNOME-3 plus jack and I am getting acceptable performance.
>
> However, I am not so sure this is the case for everybody. I have not
> tested Ardour or other graphic intense applications. However
> Thunderbird, Firefox seem to be working, and even glxgears show  720.610
> FPS.
>
> Is it safe to keep working with Nouveau or should I install
> akmod-nvidia.

Well, I would suggest that if it works for your purposes then keep it! 
It is good to know that it is getting better. Have you tested how it 
works with Jack running with, say, 128 x 2?

> A known issue is that akmod-nvidia needs a patched SRPM to
> be able to compile on Rt Kernels.

Yes, I have to do that for the 3.x kernels...
-- Fernando