[Nouveau] Optimus and Nvidia

[Younes Manton]

On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 4:38 PM, Jason Long
<mailing.lists at octgsoftware.com> wrote:
> I need to buy a Sager 5125 laptop immediately and I am concerned about the
> Optimus setup in this model.
> It comes with a Nvidia 330M/Intel Hybrid.
> I want to use this with Fedora 13.  I do not care if I can switch.  I just
> want it to work.  I can also deal with only the onboard graphics working in
> linux.
> Do you think the HDMI output will work or I will need the 330M driver for
> that?
> I see nvidia has support for the 330M in their driver?  Will this work?
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Last I heard I don't think Nvidia will support Optimus on Linux with
their driver. As far as Nouveau and DRM playing nice with Optimus I
think Dave Airlie had some interest in that but no access to hardware?
I don't remember the details myself, maybe someone else can tell you
more.