Bug 631716

Summary:	x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-340.104 version bump
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	xxoo
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) <jer>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	lmiphay, tsmksubc
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=615388
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	patch to allow the uvm module compile on 4.12.12

Description xxoo 2017-09-22 09:23:16 UTC

x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers  package, 

for legacy nvidia card , new 340.104 and 304.137  version  released in sep 15 2017 ! 


release info address 

:https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/533434/linux/current-graphics-driver-releases/


download address : 

x86_64:

http://http.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/340.104/

http://http.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/304.137/

x86:

http://http.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/340.104/

http://http.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/304.137/

Comment 1 xxoo 2017-09-22 09:35:23 UTC

release  info and download address :

https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1024133

Release highlights since 340.102:
Improved compatibility with recent Linux kernels.
Updated nvidia-installer to label kernel modules with SELinux file type 'modules_object_t'. Some system SELinux policies only permit loading of kernel modules with this SELinux file type.
Removed support for checking for and downloading updated driver packages and precompiled kernel interfaces from nvidia-installer. This functionality was limited to unencrypted ftp and http, and was implemented using code that is no longer actively maintained.

Comment 2 xxoo 2017-09-22 09:36:46 UTC

Release highlights since 304.135:

Improved compatibility with recent Linux kernels.
Updated nvidia-installer to label kernel modules with SELinux file type 'modules_object_t'. Some system SELinux policies only permit loading of kernel modules with this SELinux file type.
Removed support for checking for and downloading updated driver packages and precompiled kernel interfaces from nvidia-installer. This functionality was limited to unencrypted ftp and http, and was implemented using code that is no longer actively maintained.

Comment 3 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2017-09-27 12:24:47 UTC

commit b2e66d0594d3a89fa0b1584b2ad9038e2ce8ef5e
Author: Jeroen Roovers <jer@gentoo.org>
Date:   Sat Sep 23 07:56:29 2017 +0200

    x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers: Version bump.

    Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.10, Repoman-2.3.3

Comment 4 Paul Healy 2017-09-29 08:12:06 UTC

Created attachment 496990 [details, diff]
patch to allow the uvm module compile on 4.12.12

Thanks - this has been working well for me on gentoo-source-4.12.12 for the last couple of days.

The attached patch allows the uvm module compile - if you don't need uvm then just keep the uvm use flag off (the default).