Nouveau (NVIDIA) cards
modulename: nouveau.ko
configname: CONFIG_DRM_NOUVEAU
Linux Kernel Configuration
└─>Device Drivers
└─>Graphics support
└─>Direct Rendering Manager (XFree86 4.1.0 and higher DRI support)
└─>PCI support
└─>Nouveau (NVIDIA) cards
In linux kernel since version 2.6.33 (release Date: 2010-02-24)
Choose this option for open-source NVIDIA support.
source code:
selects
CONFIG_IOMMU_APICONFIG_FW_LOADER
CONFIG_DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
CONFIG_DRM_DISPLAY_HDMI_HELPER
CONFIG_DRM_DISPLAY_HELPER
CONFIG_DRM_KMS_HELPER
CONFIG_DRM_TTM
CONFIG_DRM_TTM_HELPER
CONFIG_I2C
CONFIG_I2C_ALGOBIT
CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE
CONFIG_X86_PLATFORM_DEVICES
CONFIG_ACPI_WMI
CONFIG_MXM_WMI
CONFIG_POWER_SUPPLY
CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE
CONFIG_INPUT
CONFIG_THERMAL
CONFIG_ACPI_VIDEO
CONFIG_SND_HDA_COMPONENT