On Thursday 07 September 2006 08:34, A. R. wrote:
> > With modular Xorg, do you still need to re-build your video
> > drivers after every time you re-compile a kernel?
>
> You have to rebuild those drivers that have been obtained outside
> the "standard" kernel source tree. This applies to all types of
> drivers, not only video drivers, for example:
>
> ati-drivers   (video)
> nvidia-drivers (video)
> ipw2100 (wireless)
> ivtv (pvr card)
>
>
> This is is independent from modular X.

better yet - get a habbit of using "module-rebuild" every time after 
you run "genkernel" ;)

References:

sys-kernel/module-rebuild
sys-kernel/genkernel

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