Created attachment 408898 [details] Build Log nvidia-bl-0.83 does not compile with vanilla-sources-4.1.4. My guess is that this is related to most if not all 4.0 Linux kernels. # emerge --info '=app-laptop/nvidiabl-0.83::gentoo' Portage 2.2.20 (python 2.7.9-final-0, default/linux/amd64/13.0, gcc-4.9.3, glibc-2.20-r2, 3.14.31A1278 x86_64) ================================================================= System Settings ================================================================= System uname: Linux-3.14.31A1278-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-2_Duo_CPU_P7550_@_2.26GHz-with-gentoo-2.2 KiB Mem: 7919288 total, 723536 free KiB Swap: 8388604 total, 8363560 free Timestamp of repository gentoo: Tue, 04 Aug 2015 13:00:01 +0000 sh bash 4.3_p33-r2 ld GNU ld (Gentoo 2.24 p1.4) 2.24 app-shells/bash: 4.3_p33-r2::gentoo dev-java/java-config: 2.2.0::gentoo dev-lang/perl: 5.20.2::gentoo dev-lang/python: 2.7.9-r1::gentoo, 3.3.5-r1::gentoo, 3.4.1::gentoo dev-util/cmake: 3.2.2::gentoo dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.28-r2::gentoo sys-apps/baselayout: 2.2::gentoo sys-apps/openrc: 0.17::gentoo sys-apps/sandbox: 2.6-r1::gentoo sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13::gentoo, 2.69::gentoo sys-devel/automake: 1.11.6-r1::gentoo, 1.13.4::gentoo, 1.15::gentoo sys-devel/binutils: 2.24-r3::gentoo sys-devel/gcc: 4.9.3::gentoo sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.7.3::gentoo sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.6::gentoo sys-devel/make: 4.1-r1::gentoo sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.18::gentoo (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.20-r2::gentoo Repositories: gentoo location: /usr/portage sync-type: rsync sync-uri: rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage priority: -1000 steam-overlay location: /var/lib/layman/steam masters: gentoo priority: 0 x-portage location: /usr/local/portage masters: gentoo priority: 1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="*" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=core2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/sofficerc /usr/share/config /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=core2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles merge-sync news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync" FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/pub/linux/gentoo http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo http://gentoo.osuosl.org" LANG="en_US.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --omit-dir-times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" USE="acl acpi alsa amd64 berkdb bluetooth bzip2 cli cracklib crypt cxx dri fortran gdbm iconv icu mmx mmxext modules multilib ncurses nls nptl opengl openmp pam pcre readline session sse sse2 ssl tcpd unicode zlib" ABI_X86="64" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" APACHE2_MODULES="authn_core authz_core socache_shmcb unixd actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump author" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" CPU_FLAGS_X86="mmx mmxext sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssse3" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ublox ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev mtrack synaptics" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer pdfimport wiki-publisher" LINGUAS="en en_US" OFFICE_IMPLEMENTATION="libreoffice" PHP_TARGETS="php5-5" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_4" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby19 ruby20" SANE_BACKENDS="net" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="vesa v4l fbdev" XFCE_PLUGINS="brightness clock logout trash" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, USE_PYTHON ================================================================= Package Settings ================================================================= app-laptop/nvidiabl-0.83::gentoo was built with the following: USE="" ABI_X86="64"
Created attachment 408900 [details, diff] Patch to ebuild This will add the src_prepare clause to patch the source of the nvidiabl driver.
Created attachment 408902 [details, diff] Patch to nvidia-module.c Provides the replacement function strncasecmp for strnicmp for newer kernels.
Patches added.
Looks like someone proposed a patch upstream: https://github.com/guillaumezin/nvidiabl/pull/105/files However, that would break for older kernels.
Okay, after doing some additional digging, it appears that the function "strncasecmp" has been availble since kernel 2.6.12, so I think it is safe to say that the #if LINUX_VERSION_COODE condition can be removed and simply use the #define strncasecmd strnicmp instead. So either Gentoo can do this, or Gentoo can take one of the many other patches that exist for this. Another option would be to consider utilizing one of the forks of this driver on github as many of those contain such.
May I kindly ask to drop the stable status for this package and make it ~ unstable again, thanks. my post in forum: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-7826686.html#7826686 Summary: ASUSG75VW laptop. Newest nvidia-drivers from portage. Did not build on stable gentoo sources 4.0.5 amd64, and latest unstable 4.2.3 gentoo-sources. used gcc 5.2.0 slot and stable 4.9 slot, hardmasked glibc 2.22 (not wise to downgrade)
CCing treecleaners... or, if anyone wants to proxy maintain this package, please let me know https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Proxy_Maintainers
for now a user of irc nick "JelteF" is working on an ebuild to become proxy maintainer so let's put this on hold.
Created attachment 422854 [details] Ebuild for nvidiabl-0.87 I changed the ebuild to install version 0.87 and added a patch to make it build on 4.x kernels.
Created attachment 422856 [details, diff] Patch for nvidiabl to support 4.x kernels
Created attachment 422860 [details] Ebuild for nvidiabl-0.87 Removed unused variables from ebuild as a final cosmetical tweak. And I'm obviously the JelteF from irc that wants to become proxy maintainer.
Adding to portage with one minor tweak, reducing DESCRIPTION to ONE line. A few minor points that can be changed any time later; 1. RESTRICT="test" is also quite redundant. There is neither a testsuite nor a test phase to restrict so in fact I am taking it out. 2. BUILD_PARAMS BUILD_TARGETS MODULE_NAMES can all be declared local vars. These tweaks don't change the final functionality of the ebuild otherwise I would not make such edits. commit 71c7d7f99ef3db388b58b34c2d0146b20c0a92a8 Author: Ian Delaney <idella4@gentoo.org> Date: Thu Jan 14 10:21:27 2016 +0800 app-laptop/nvidiabl: bump to vn. 0.87, ebuild by maintainer The ebuild has changes of minor style tweaks only from the ebuild submitted via the gentoo bug in Comment 11 in the gentoo bug, namely - reduction of DESCRIPTION to a single line - removal of redundant RESTRICT="test" Gentoo bug: #557422 commit a8856b05df009efec203851683eb7178423ba7db Author: Ian Delaney <idella4@gentoo.org> Date: Thu Jan 14 10:14:21 2016 +0800 app-laptop/nvidiabl: setting Jelte Fennema as proxy maintianer in metadata maintainer offered interest to maintain this via the gentoo bug which also halts the plan to treecelan the package Gentoo bug: #557422
(the original bug was fixed then -> unmasked)
