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Bug 755722

Summary: x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-455.45.01: version bump
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: Gregory Beauregard <gentoobugs>
Component: Current packagesAssignee: David Seifert <soap>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal CC: b.buschinski, hjckr, me, o.freyermuth, sam, shaumya, shimarin, ua_gentoo_bugzilla
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
URL: https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/166883/en-us
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Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---

Description Gregory Beauregard 2020-11-20 15:29:27 UTC
Upstream has released https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/166883/en-us

This version fixes compatibility with Linux 5.9, enabling use of CUDA and OpenCL again and allowing those needing CUDA to get the security fixes in 5.9

those who needed modesetting to run the driver will also need the https://bugs.gentoo.org/755497 patch, which will enable moving up from the 450 series and fix blocked CUDA 11.1 ugprades

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Gregory Beauregard 2020-11-20 15:47:59 UTC
(In reply to Gregory Beauregard from comment #0)
> Upstream has released
> https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/166883/en-us
> 
> This version fixes compatibility with Linux 5.9, enabling use of CUDA and
> OpenCL again and allowing those needing CUDA to get the security fixes in 5.9
> 
> those who needed modesetting to run the driver will also need the
> https://bugs.gentoo.org/755497 patch, which will enable moving up from the
> 450 series and fix blocked CUDA 11.1 ugprades
> 
> Reproducible: Always

See https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/download-nvidia-driver-r455-for-linux-kernel-5-9/159776 for upstream confirmation this release fixes the Linux 5.9 compatibility
Comment 2 Gregory Beauregard 2020-12-07 07:54:19 UTC
It's confirmed this release also had 5.10 compatibility (expected next weekend)
Comment 3 Larry the Git Cow gentoo-dev 2020-12-07 10:40:30 UTC
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s):

https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=b49cf927444499328ad845a30276912d25e9b634

commit b49cf927444499328ad845a30276912d25e9b634
Author:     David Seifert <soap@gentoo.org>
AuthorDate: 2020-12-07 10:40:03 +0000
Commit:     David Seifert <soap@gentoo.org>
CommitDate: 2020-12-07 10:40:03 +0000

    x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers: Add 455.45.01
    
    Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/755722
    Package-Manager: Portage-3.0.11, Repoman-3.0.2
    Signed-off-by: David Seifert <soap@gentoo.org>

 x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/Manifest                |   3 +
 .../nvidia-drivers/nvidia-drivers-455.45.01.ebuild | 578 +++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 581 insertions(+)