Gentoo Archives: gentoo-commits

From: Ionen Wolkens <ionen@g.o>
To: gentoo-commits@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-commits] repo/gentoo:master commit in: x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/
Date: Thu, 12 May 2022 00:19:40
Message-Id: 1652314748.1b6001fdfff16cfa25d3b4bcfd415b2181fd2a45.ionen@gentoo
1 commit: 1b6001fdfff16cfa25d3b4bcfd415b2181fd2a45
2 Author: Ionen Wolkens <ionen <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
3 AuthorDate: Thu May 12 00:12:58 2022 +0000
4 Commit: Ionen Wolkens <ionen <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
5 CommitDate: Thu May 12 00:19:08 2022 +0000
6 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=1b6001fd
7
8 x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers: roughly clarify what Turing/Ampere+ is
9
10 Not everyone recognize these code names, and will end up with
11 broken drivers on the wrong card.
12
13 Signed-off-by: Ionen Wolkens <ionen <AT> gentoo.org>
14
15 x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/metadata.xml | 2 +-
16 x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/nvidia-drivers-515.43.04.ebuild | 4 ++--
17 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
18
19 diff --git a/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/metadata.xml b/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/metadata.xml
20 index 49c249600dde..f25db4912f46 100644
21 --- a/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/metadata.xml
22 +++ b/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/metadata.xml
23 @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
24 </maintainer>
25 <use>
26 <flag name="driver">Install kernel driver modules</flag>
27 - <flag name="kernel-open">Use open source variant of drivers (Turing/Ampere+ GPUs only, very experimental)</flag>
28 + <flag name="kernel-open">Use the open source variant of drivers (Turing/Ampere+ GPUs only, aka GTX 1650+, very experimental)</flag>
29 <flag name="persistenced">Install the persistence daemon for keeping devices state when unused</flag>
30 <flag name="static-libs">Install the XNVCtrl static library for accessing sensors and other features</flag>
31 <flag name="tools">Install additional tools such as nvidia-settings</flag>
32
33 diff --git a/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/nvidia-drivers-515.43.04.ebuild b/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/nvidia-drivers-515.43.04.ebuild
34 index e7a6a48de585..c1126b0e79a6 100644
35 --- a/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/nvidia-drivers-515.43.04.ebuild
36 +++ b/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/nvidia-drivers-515.43.04.ebuild
37 @@ -466,8 +466,8 @@ pkg_postinst() {
38 if use kernel-open; then
39 ewarn
40 ewarn "Open source variant of ${PN} was selected, be warned it is experimental"
41 - ewarn "and only usable with Turing / Ampere and later GPUs. Please also see:"
42 - ewarn "${EROOT}/usr/share/doc/${PF}/html/kernel_open.html"
43 + ewarn "and only usable with Turing / Ampere and later GPUs, aka GTX 1650+."
44 + ewarn "Please also see: ${EROOT}/usr/share/doc/${PF}/html/kernel_open.html"
45 fi
46
47 if use !abi_x86_32 && [[ -v NV_HAD_ABI32 ]]; then