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The upcoming 319.xx driver series, which will be the next long-lived branch release, will also be the
last NVIDIA Linux driver release to support Linux 2.4 kernels.
Drivers after 319.xx will continue to support Linux 2.6 and later.Since 319.xx is a long-lived driver release,
319.xx drivers that support Linux 2.4 will continue to be available throughout the lifetime of that release, even after newer drivers have dropped support for Linux 2.4.
Support for Linux 2.4 will
not be removed from future releases of the
173.14.xx and 304.xx legacy drivers. https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/533460/unix-graphics-announcements-and-news/linux-2-4-support-timeline/
