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On 03/03/2013 08:11 AM, Alec Warner wrote: |
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> There was a big ole' chat on #gentoo-dev regarding this. My |
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> understanding of the summary is that the nvidia-driver Gentoo team |
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> only supports kernels that nvidia themselves (upstream) support. The |
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> Kernels > 3.4 are not supported by upstream, so they are also not |
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> supported in Gentoo. I believe the ebuild contains instructions on |
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> using user_patches to get these patches. The nvidia maintainers in |
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> Gentoo do not want to be responsible for those patches though; this is |
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> why they are not included (and why your commit was reverted.) |
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> I do not find their stance wholly unreasonable. They offered to point |
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> users at an overlay, if someone was willing to maintain the patches |
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> there (in lieu of user_patches.) The end result is that if users apply |
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> the patches, they will get an unsupported setup. There is a fear as |
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> well, that the patches may damage cards (since the patches are not |
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> supported by the vendor.) |
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What do we have useflags for in gentoo? |
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add a "unsupported-kernels" useflag, mask it, add a clear statement in |
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the masking reason and be done |
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